Bury Manor School Trust Limited (Dorset House School)

Registered charity 307035 Registered since 1966

Operates: West Sussex

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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.

2 trustees on the board

Siobhan Cathryn Victoria Denning since 2026
Timothy John Pennington Hancock since 2026

0y median 0y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Siobhan Cathryn Victoria Denning since 2026
Timothy John Pennington Hancock since 2026

company-linked trustees

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 4Business services 2Hospitality 2

Gaps to watch

Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.

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incomespending£2.3m latest income

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.

11.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 16.4 in 2021

51 from 45 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.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.dorsethouseschool.com
Email	info@dorsethouseschool.com
Phone	01798831456
Address	DORSET HOUSE SCHOOL, THE MANOR, CHURCH LANE, BURY, PULBOROUGH, RH20 1PB

Finances

£2,276,810 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£2,005,546	£1,959,712
2022	£2,241,190	£2,167,426
2023	£2,419,813	£2,373,771
2024	£2,512,492	£2,482,105
2025	£2,276,810	£2,583,164

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO ESTABLISH AND CARRY ON A PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PURCHASE PROPERTY AT BURY IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX OR ELSEWHERE ON SUCH TERMS AS THE GOVERNING BODY THINK FIT. TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, PRIZES AND REWARDS. TO ACQUIRE AND CARRY ON IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ANY BOARDING OR DAY SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF EITHER SEX OR BOTH SEXES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30TH APRIL 1964 AS AMENDED BY SIX SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 4 MARCH 1988 AND A SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14 NOVEMBER 2000.

Trustees (2)

2trustees

71median age

2aged 70+

Siobhan Cathryn Victoria Denningage band 70-74 since 2026
Timothy John Pennington Hancockage band 70-74 since 2026

Linked company (Companies House)

Bury Manor School Trust Limited · 00803309 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 30/04/1964

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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