The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Wellington College

Registered charity 309093 Registered since 1963

Operates: Bracknell Forest

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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
11.2y
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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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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Contact

Websitewww.wellingtoncollege.org.uk
Emailsjxc@wellingtoncollege.org.uk
Phone01344444000
AddressWELLINGTON COLLEGE, CROWTHORNE, RG45 7PU

Finances

£76,225,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£53,143,000£54,104,000
2022£62,581,000£59,635,000
2023£66,119,000£64,396,000
2024£73,398,000£68,279,000
2025£76,225,000£73,085,000

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

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.

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

Trustees (13)

13trustees
64median age
0aged 70+

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