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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
- Angela ShieldsTrustee · since 2022
- Colonel Tom Christopher Stephen BonasTrustee · since 2025
- Fr Daniel SewardTrustee · since 2019
- Francis Patrick GargentTrustee · since 2020
- Georgina CollicuttTrustee · since 2024
- Joanne SmithTrustee · since 2024
- John Robert Wyndham WilderTrustee · since 2021
- Jonathan RawlingsTrustee · since 2023
- Jonathan Richard Barnard HobbsTrustee · since 2019
- Katherine Mary Carberry-LongTrustee · since 2019
- Marie Pascale LoTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew DentTrustee · since 2023
- Peter McdonaldTrustee · since 2022
- Tara GeorgeTrustee · since 2026
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Angela Shields since 2022
- Colonel Tom Christopher Stephen Bonas since 2025
- Fr Daniel Seward since 2019
- Francis Patrick Gargent since 2020
- Georgina Collicutt since 2024
- Jonathan Richard Barnard Hobbs since 2019
- Joanne Smith since 2024
- John Robert Wyndham Wilder since 2021
- Jonathan Rawlings since 2023
- Katherine Mary Carberry-Long since 2019
- Marie Pascale Lo since 2025
- Matthew Dent since 2023
- Peter Mcdonald since 2022
- Tara George since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Fr Daniel Seward since 2019
- Francis Patrick Gargent since 2020
- Jonathan Richard Barnard Hobbs since 2019
- Katherine Mary Carberry-Long since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Angela Shields since 2022
- Colonel Tom Christopher Stephen Bonas since 2025
- Fr Daniel Seward since 2019
- Francis Patrick Gargent since 2020
- Georgina Collicutt since 2024
- Joanne Smith since 2024
- John Robert Wyndham Wilder since 2021
- Jonathan Rawlings since 2023
- Katherine Mary Carberry-Long since 2019
- Matthew Dent since 2023
- Peter Mcdonald since 2022
- Tara George since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Jonathan Richard Barnard Hobbs since 2019
- Marie Pascale Lo since 2025
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.
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
12.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 15.9 in 2021
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
- 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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