Registered charity · Kent
Benenden School (Kent) Limited
- 14 trustees
- Income £28m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Anne Elizabeth McnabChair · since 2016
- Alison Jane ClarkeTrustee · since 2014
- Annabel CatonTrustee · since 2023
- Clare Louis ThomasTrustee · since 2022
- Damian McbeathTrustee · since 2021
- Deborah CoslettTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Fiona CornishTrustee · since 2013
- Duncan James McnabTrustee · since 2024
- Fiona Jane BlakemoreTrustee · since 2020
- Jonathan PearceTrustee · since 2018
- Joseph John Christopher LewisTrustee · since 2025
- Patrick Antony Jean Charles MarshallTrustee · since 2021
- Paul SimpkinTrustee · since 2017
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Helen Taylor.
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.benenden.kent.sch.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Benenden School (Kent) Limited
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£28m£26m
- 2024£28m£28m
- 2023£25m£24m
Earlier years
- 2022£23m£22m
- 2021£23m£21m
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF SCHOOL AGE PUPILS.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Anne Elizabeth Mcnab Chair since 2016
- Alison Jane Clarke since 2014
- Annabel Caton since 2023
- Clare Louis Thomas since 2022
- Damian Mcbeath since 2021
- Deborah Coslett since 2020
- Dr Fiona Cornish since 2013
- Duncan James Mcnab since 2024
- Fiona Jane Blakemore since 2020
- Helen Taylor since 2023
- Jonathan Pearce since 2018
- Joseph John Christopher Lewis since 2025
- Paul Simpkin since 2017
- Patrick Antony Jean Charles Marshall since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Anne Elizabeth Mcnab Chair since 2016
- Alison Jane Clarke since 2014
- Deborah Coslett since 2020
- Dr Fiona Cornish since 2013
- Jonathan Pearce since 2018
- Paul Simpkin since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Anne Elizabeth Mcnab Chair since 2016
- Alison Jane Clarke since 2014
- Annabel Caton since 2023
- Clare Louis Thomas since 2022
- Damian Mcbeath since 2021
- Deborah Coslett since 2020
- Dr Fiona Cornish since 2013
- Duncan James Mcnab since 2024
- Fiona Jane Blakemore since 2020
- Jonathan Pearce since 2018
- Joseph John Christopher Lewis since 2025
- Patrick Antony Jean Charles Marshall since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Paul Simpkin since 2017
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: 3.5 months · was 2.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 307854
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13/3/1924 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 8/5/1941, 30/11/1950, 22/3/1967, 16/11/1995, 19/11/1998 AND BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION ON 22ND NOVEMBER 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 DEC 2017
- Companies House
- Company number 00196353 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01580240592 · schooloffice@benenden.kent.sch.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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