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The Wellington College

The Wellington College is a registered charity (number 309093) based in Crowthorne, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by William Jackson since 2017. Latest income £76m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Wellington College (Charity Commission)

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £76m (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
Bracknell Forest
Website
www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£76m£73m
  • 2024£73m£68m
  • 2023£66m£64m
Earlier years
  • 2022£63m£60m
  • 2021£53m£54m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE COLLEGE IS ESTABLISHED AND INCORPORATED (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE “OBJECT”) IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (WHETHER NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:THE THE PROVISION OF THE COLLEGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOUNDATIONERS AND OTHERS AND, IN SO PROVIDING, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO THEFOUNDATIONERS; AND SUPPORTING, PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS OR INITIATIVES; AND/OR SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE GOVERNORS SHALL, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, DETERMINE.

Grants received

4 grants · £294,480 total

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Top funders

Most recent

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.

5.7y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
11.3y
average years in governance
6
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 13General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 8Finance 6Professional services 5

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£76.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.2 in 2021

753 from 664 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
309093
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER DATED 13/12/1853 SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTERS DATED 24/12/1855, 04/02/1861, 20/03/1952, 22/07/1960,27/1/2006 AND BYE-LAWS 27/1/2006.AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 12 MAR 2008AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 11 MAY 2011AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 12 JUN 2014AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 05 FEB 2025AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 05 FEB 2025
Contact on the register
01344444000 · sjxc@wellingtoncollege.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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