The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Writing (Otherwise National School

Registered charity 309832 Registered since 1962

Operates: Northamptonshire

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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.

5 trustees on the board

10y median 9.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1Education 1Finance 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1k latest income

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone01604743506
AddressOld Vicarage, High Street, Guilsborough, NORTHAMPTON, NN6 8PU

Finances

£1,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£750£234
2021£1,000£673
2022£500£162
2023£1,000£172
2024£1,000£142

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

A SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF POOR CHILDREN OF THE LABOURING, MANUFACTURING AND OTHER POORER CLASSES RESIDENCE OF A SCHOOLMASTER FOR TEACHING SCHOLARS ENDOWMENTS FOR SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SCHOOL.

Governing document: DECREE DATED 19 FEBRUARY 1625

Trustees (5)

5trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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