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The Oratory Schools Association

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £11m (2025)

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, Religious Activities
Where
Oxfordshire
Website
www.oratory.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Oratory Schools Association
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£11m£11m
  • 2024£11m£11m
  • 2023£11m£9.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£8.2m£8.1m
  • 2021£7.7m£7.0m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROVIDE GENERAL, PHYSICAL, MORAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ROMAN CATHOLIC DOCTRINES AND PRACTICES FOR BOYS AND/OR GIRLS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO CARRY ON AND MAINTAIN THE ORATORY SCHOOL AND/OR THE ORATORY PREPARATORY SCHOOL, WHEREVER THE SAME MAY BE CARRIED ON, HAVING REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION ESTABLISHED BY ITS FOUNDER THE BLESSED JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN AND TO TAKE OVER OR ESTABLISH AND CARRY ON IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHICH MAY BE THOUGHT FIT ANY SUBSIDIARY, AFFILIATED OR OTHER SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND/OR GIRLS, EITHER IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE-MENTIONED SCHOOL OR OTHERWISE.(B) TO PROMOTE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD SUCH OBJECTS OR PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES TO BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT OR AID IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF ANY CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION OR INSTITUTION OF WHATSOEVER NATURE AND IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

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.

3.7y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (2)

13
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 14Religious Activities 14Disability 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 20Other services 5Arts and leisure 1

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£10.9m 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.

12.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 15.9 in 2021

157 from 136 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
309112
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 SEP 1931AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 MAR 1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 APR 1964AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 JUN 1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 JUN 1982AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21 MAR 2011 as amended on 28 Jan 2026
Companies House
Company number 00259021 · Active
Contact on the register
01491683600 · bursary@oratory.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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