Marlborough House School

Registered charity 307793 Registered since 1965

Operates: Kent

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

23.4y median 25y

average tenure

35y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

24.8y

average years in governance

5 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 5

Commercial experience

Education 7Professional services 5Finance 2

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Contact

Website	www.marlboroughhouseschool.co.uk
Email	frontoffice@marlboroughhouseschool.co.uk
Phone	01580755125
Address	Marlborough House School, High Street, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4PY

Finances

£4,834,049 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£3,496,317	£3,870,654
2021	£3,284,562	£3,727,587
2022	£3,175,841	£3,609,919
2023	£3,562,831	£3,977,803
2024	£4,834,049	£5,512,230

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

“(A) to acquire and to carry on, develop and turn to account a private preparatory school carried on by Robert Arthur Harrison at Marlborough House School, Hawkhurst, Kent. (B) to advance the education of children including (but not limited to) by acquiring and carrying on in the United Kingdom any other school or schools for the education of children

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 18TH JULY 1957 as amended on 03 Dec 2024

Trustees (5)

5trustees

65median age

2aged 70+

Succession outlook: 2 of 5 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Simon James Hodsonage 70 Chair since 2001
Amanda Petchage 62 since 2013
Henry Robert Fitzroy Somersetage 65 since 1991
Hon Thomas Nigel Maclear Lawsonage 50 since 2017
Peter Whitworth Smallwoodage 80 since 1991

Linked company (Companies House)

Marlborough House School Trust Limited · 00587487 · Active - Proposal to Strike off

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 18/07/1957

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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