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Registered charity · London

The Girls' DAY School Trust

The Girls' DAY School Trust is a registered charity (number 306983) based in London, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £373m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Gdst (Charity Commission)

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £373m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.gdst.net (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Girls' DAY School Trust
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£373m£345m
  • 2024£340m£319m
  • 2023£314m£302m
Earlier years
  • 2022£286m£280m
  • 2021£261m£252m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE (PRINCIPALLY GIRLS, BUT, WHERE THE COUNCIL THINKS FIT, ALSO BOYS) BY SUCH MEANS AS THE COUNCIL SHALL DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF:A. SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE; B. SERVICES (INCLUDING SUPPORT SERVICES) TO OTHER EDUCATIONAL CHARITIES, SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS; C. OTHER ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; AND D. OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY (THE 'OBJECTS')

Grants received

4 grants · £11,777 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £11,480 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £297

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,0002014-11-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,6002013-11-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £2972005-04-11
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,8802005-04-06
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

11
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 11General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 21Finance 16Business services 12

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£373.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

4726 from 4260 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
306983
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26/6/1872 AMENDED 22/3/1950, 3/3/1993, 14/7/1993, 2/3/1994, 6/3/1996, 26/2/1997, 18/3/1998, 11/12/2002, 1/9/2003, 20/7/2005, 22/6/2006, 4/7/2007 AND 28/8/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 MAY 2017
Companies House
Company number 00006400 · Active
Contact on the register
02073936666 · governance@wes.gdst.net
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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