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Merchant Taylors' Educational Trust
Merchant Taylors' Educational Trust is a registered charity (number 310018) based in London, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £336k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £336k (2025)
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Who leads it
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
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.merchant-taylors.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1967
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£336k£517k
- 2024£360k£481k
- 2023£36m£33m
Earlier years
- 2022£33m£31m
- 2021£31m£29m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
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).
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 trustees on the board
- Christopher Peter Hare
- David Jackson since 2024
- Lady Annie Harding since 2024
- Martin Robb since 2023
- Peter Howard Watkins since 2015
- Robert-JAN Temmink since 2025
- Simon Bass since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Peter Howard Watkins since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Christopher Peter Hare
- Lady Annie Harding since 2024
- Robert-JAN Temmink since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- David Jackson since 2024
- Martin Robb since 2023
- Peter Howard Watkins since 2015
- Simon Bass since 2025
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 310018
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Contact on the register
- 02075622320 · charities@merchant-taylors.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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