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Registered charity · Canterbury

The King's School of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury

The King's School of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury is a registered charity (number 307942) based in Canterbury, governed by 17 trustees. Latest income £53m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The King's School Canterbury (Charity Commission)

  • 17 trustees
  • Income £53m (2025)
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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.kings-school.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£53m£53m
  • 2024£50m£51m
  • 2023£49m£48m
Earlier years
  • 2022£44m£41m
  • 2021£40m£36m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF BOTH SEXES (2) TO CARRY ON AND MAINTAIN THE SCHOOL KNOWN AS THE KING'S SCHOOL, CANTERBURY (WHICH SCHOOL INCLUDES THE PREPARATORY SCHOOL KNOWN AS THE JUNIOR KING'S SCHOOL AND THE PRE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL KNOWN AS THE MILNER COURT PRE-PREP) TOGETHER WITH ALL THE LANDS, SECURITIES, MONEYS AND PROPERTY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION REAL OR PERSONAL VESTED IN, OR BELONGING TO, ANY TRUSTEES ON BEHALF OF THE FOUNDATION AS DEFINED IN THE SAID SUPPLEMENTAL ROYAL CHARTER DATED 4TH FEBRUARY 1992

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.

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (5)

5
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 17Religious Activities 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Economic/community Development/employment 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 5Finance 3Business services 2

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£52.8m 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.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 6.2 in 2021

908 from 819 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
307942
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEMES OF 03.11.1927, 05.07.1935, 07.10.1947, 25.02.1977, AND 19TH MARCH 1992 AND ROYAL CHARTER OF 08.07.1946 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL ROYAL CHARTER 4TH FEBRUARY 1992
Contact on the register
01227595720 · Bursar@kings-bursary.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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