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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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Who leads it
- Edwina Mary Ellen Dean-LewisChair · since 2017
- Alexander HitchensTrustee · since 2024
- Bruce JohnsonTrustee · since 2023
- Christopher HoustonTrustee · since 2024
- Gwenan Jane SykesTrustee · since 2022
- Juliet Anne SmithTrustee · since 2025
- Leon SpenceTrustee · since 2023
- Marion MitchellTrustee · since 2021
- Matthew James WinklessTrustee · since 2018
- Naomi Margaret IliffTrustee · since 2023
- Nicholas WoodTrustee · since 2020
- Pamela Anne CarragherTrustee · since 2023
- Robert James GazetTrustee · since 2020
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
- Edwina Mary Ellen Dean-Lewis Chair since 2017
- Alexander Hitchens since 2024
- Bruce Johnson since 2023
- Christopher Houston since 2024
- Gwenan Jane Sykes since 2022
- Juliet Anne Smith since 2025
- Leon Spence since 2023
- Marion Mitchell since 2021
- Matthew James Winkless since 2018
- Naomi Margaret Iliff since 2023
- Nicholas Wood since 2020
- Pamela Anne Carragher since 2023
- Robert James Gazet since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Edwina Mary Ellen Dean-Lewis Chair since 2017
- Matthew James Winkless since 2018
- Nicholas Wood since 2020
- Robert James Gazet since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Edwina Mary Ellen Dean-Lewis Chair since 2017
- Alexander Hitchens since 2024
- Bruce Johnson since 2023
- Gwenan Jane Sykes since 2022
- Juliet Anne Smith since 2025
- Leon Spence since 2023
- Marion Mitchell since 2021
- Matthew James Winkless since 2018
- Nicholas Wood since 2020
- Pamela Anne Carragher since 2023
- Robert James Gazet since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher Houston since 2024
- Naomi Margaret Iliff since 2023
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.
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.
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 0.0 in 2021
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
- 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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