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Registered charity · Oxford

Dragon School Trust Limited

Dragon School Trust Limited is a registered charity (number 309676) based in Oxford, governed by 13 trustees. Latest income £25m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Dragon School (Charity Commission)

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £25m (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
Oxfordshire
Website
www.dragonschool.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Dragon School Trust Limited
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£25m£23m
  • 2024£25m£23m
  • 2023£22m£20m
Earlier years
  • 2022£21m£19m
  • 2021£18m£18m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY ACQUIRING AND CARRYING ON IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE ANY SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Grants received

2 grants · £150,000 total

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Top funders

Most recent

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.

7.1y median 5y
average tenure
23y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

11
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 13Arts/culture/heritage/science 2General Charitable Purposes 2Amateur Sport 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 17Professional services 8Finance 5

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£25.5m 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.

19.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 22.8 in 2021

326 from 332 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
309676
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 6TH OCTOBER 1953, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 12 NOVEMBER 1994, 22 FEBRUARY 1997, 3 MARCH 2007 AND 8 NOVEMBER 2008.
Companies House
Company number 00524331 · Active
Contact on the register
01865315403 · bursar@dragonschool.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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