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Marlborough House School
“(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...
- 5 trustees
- Income £4.8m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Kent
- Website
- www.marlboroughhouseschool.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£4.8m£5.5m
- 2023£3.6m£4.0m
- 2022£3.2m£3.6m
Earlier years
- 2021£3.3m£3.7m
- 2020£3.5m£3.9m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
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
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Simon James Hodson Chair since 2001
- Amanda Petch since 2013
- Henry Robert Fitzroy Somerset since 1991
- Hon Thomas Nigel Maclear Lawson since 2017
- Peter Whitworth Smallwood since 1991
Trustees past 6 years
- Simon James Hodson Chair since 2001
- Amanda Petch since 2013
- Henry Robert Fitzroy Somerset since 1991
- Hon Thomas Nigel Maclear Lawson since 2017
- Peter Whitworth Smallwood since 1991
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Simon James Hodson Chair since 2001
- Amanda Petch since 2013
- Henry Robert Fitzroy Somerset since 1991
- Hon Thomas Nigel Maclear Lawson since 2017
- Peter Whitworth Smallwood since 1991
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 307793
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 18TH JULY 1957 as amended on 03 Dec 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01580755125 · frontoffice@marlboroughhouseschool.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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