The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Girls' DAY School Trust

Registered charity 306983 Registered since 1995

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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

6.9y
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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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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.gdst.net
Emailgovernance@wes.gdst.net
Phone02073936666
AddressThe Asticus Building, 21 Palmer Street, London, SW1H 0AD

Finances

£373,418,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£261,280,000£251,604,000
2022£286,024,000£279,810,000
2023£314,386,000£302,214,000
2024£340,388,000£318,703,000
2025£373,418,000£345,396,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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')

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

Trustees (11)

11trustees
55median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Girls' DAY School Trust · 00006400 · Active

PRIV LTD SECT. 30 (Private limited company, section 30 of the Companies Act) · incorporated 26/06/1872

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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