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Leighton Park Trust

Leighton Park Trust is a registered charity (number 309144) based in Reading, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Edwina Mary Ellen Dean-Lewis since 2017. Latest income £19m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Leighton Park School (Charity Commission)

3.1 The objects of the Charity (Objects) are:3.1.1 to manage the School known as Leighton Park School at Reading and other associated schools; 3.1.2 to carry on such schools in accordance with the religious principles of the Society of Friends for...

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £19m (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
Reading
Website
www.leightonpark.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Leighton Park Trust
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£19m£19m
  • 2024£18m£18m
  • 2023£18m£17m
Earlier years
  • 2022£18m£15m
  • 2021£14m£14m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 The objects of the Charity (Objects) are:3.1.1 to manage the School known as Leighton Park School at Reading and other associated schools; 3.1.2 to carry on such schools in accordance with the religious principles of the Society of Friends for the education of the children of members of the Society of Friends, and others; and 3.1.3 to advance education in such ways as shall from time to time be thought fit.

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.

13 trustees on the board

4.2y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

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 13Religious Activities 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 23Finance 3Health and social care 2

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£19.3m 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 0.0 in 2021

210 from 205 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
309144
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 DECEMBER 1920, AS AMENDED BY A SCHEME DATED 13 SEPTEMBER 1996AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01 AUG 1959AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 JAN 1960 as amended on 07 Dec 2019
Companies House
Company number 00171900 · Active
Contact on the register
01189879600 · info@leightonpark.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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