The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Headington School Oxford Limited

Registered charity 309678 Registered since 1966

Operates: Oxfordshire

Connected trustee network

The connection graph needs a free account.

This charity's record is public. The network of who else its trustees govern is compiled from the registers by us, and an account keeps it out of bulk scrapers.

Sign in, free

Find a path from this charity →

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.

3.5y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (6)

10
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 11General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Recreation 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 22Tech and media 6Professional services 4

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

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£28.8m 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.

19.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 18.0 in 2021

422 from 368 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.headington.org
Emailbursar@headingtonschool.com
Phone01865759125
AddressThe Bursary, Headington School, Headington, Headington, Oxfordshire, OX3 0BL

Finances

£28,817,855 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£20,086,254£18,733,871
2022£23,585,610£20,663,686
2023£24,288,917£22,546,369
2024£34,968,275£25,414,921
2025£28,817,855£27,057,534

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

To advance education for the benefit of the public in any way that the trustees see fit, including the provision, maintenance and support of a school or schools, wherein the core values and teaching shall reflect a broad Christian ethos, but also supporting pupils of all faiths and with none.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/07/1915AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/01/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/01/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/02/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/12/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/03/2014 as amended on 01 Dec 2023 as amended on 19 Aug 2024 as amended on 26 Mar 2026

Trustees (11)

11trustees
58median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Headington School Oxford Limited · 00141076 · Active

Private Limited Company · incorporated 23/07/1915

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

For recruiters

Tools for approaching charities and finding candidates - free with an account.

Create your free account ->

Report an error in this record - let us know.