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Merchant Taylors' Educational Trust

Registered charity 310018 Registered since 1967

Operates: Throughout London

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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.

7 trustees on the board

3.3y median 2y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (5)

5
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 7General Charitable Purposes 4Disability 3Accommodation/housing 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Finance 10Education 6Hospitality 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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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£336k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewww.merchant-taylors.co.uk
Emailcharities@merchant-taylors.co.uk
Phone02075622320
AddressMerchant Taylors Co, Merchant Taylors Hall, 30 Threadneedle Street, LONDON, EC2R 8JB

Finances

£336,491 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£31,359,000£28,642,000
2022£32,621,000£30,606,000
2023£35,557,000£32,750,000
2024£360,182£480,905
2025£336,491£516,892

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE TRUST PROPERTY SHALL BE HELD AND APPLIED FOR OR TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OR IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS (WHETHER EDUCATIONAL OR OTHERWISE) IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND BOTH CAPITAL AND INCOME WITHOUT DISTINCTION SHALL BE SO APPLICABLE. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE PRIMARY TRUST DECLARED BY CLAUSE 5 HEREOF BUT SUBJECT AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 22 HEREOF THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR SELECTION OF PARTICULAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND PAY SPECIAL REGARD TO THE FURTHERANCE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES (THAT IS TO SAY):- (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE SUPPORT TO THE MTET SCHOOLS (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES, PRIZES OR OTHER AWARDS OR GRANTS TO PUPILS ATTENDING ANY OF THE MTET SCHOOLS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, PRIZES, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TO ANY FORMER PUPIL OF ANY OF THE MTET SCHOOLS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER (INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL) EDUCATION. (D) THE FOUNDING OR PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS FELLOWSHIPS LECTURESHIPS AND PRIZES IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL BODY THE REDUCTION OF SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY FEES THE PROVISION OF FREE EDUCATION AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY AMENITIES. (E) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION GENERALLY. (F) THE MAKING OF GIFTS OF MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY IN THE FREE DISPOSITION OF THE TRUST TO OTHER BODIES HAVING OBJECTS SOLELY CHARITABLE (WHETHER OR NOT SUCH OBJECTS ARE SIMILAR TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTS).

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 31 AUG 1967AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 27 JUN 1997AS AMENDED BY ORDER DATED 26 APR 2005AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 21 MAR 2021

Trustees (7)

7trustees
67median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (10)

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