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Registered charity · Reading

The Abbey School, Reading

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £20m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Reading
Website
www.theabbey.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Abbey School, Reading
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£20m£21m
  • 2024£22m£22m
  • 2023£20m£20m
Earlier years
  • 2022£19m£18m
  • 2021£17m£17m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE SCHOOL IS ESTABLISHED ARE: 4.1 TO CARRY ON A SCHOOL (BOTH FOR DAY STUDENTS AND BOARDERS) PROVIDING OR IMPARTING AND DEVELOPING A LIBERAL, PRACTICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION FOR GIRLS AND BOYS OF ALL CLASSES, TO INCLUDE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE DOCTRINES AND DUTIES OF CHRISTIANITY AS TAUGHT BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; AND 4.2 TO ESTABLISH, CONTROL AND MAINTAIN A BOARDING-HOUSE OR BOARDING-HOUSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOL TO BOARDERS.

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.

12 trustees on the board

4.8y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

12
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 12

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 14Professional services 4Property 4

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£20.3m 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.

9.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 11.6 in 2021

311 from 328 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
309115
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 JANUARY 1914 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 8 NOVEMBER 1940, 15 FEBRUARY 1960, 1 JULY 1996, 30 JUNE 2003, 31 JANUARY 2005 AND 4 DECEMBER 2006.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29/02/2016 AS AMENDED ON 21 FEB 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 MAR 2022
Companies House
Company number 00133676 · Active
Contact on the register
01189876911 · bursar@theabbey.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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