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Registered charity · Somerset

Wells Cathedral School Limited

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £19m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Somerset
Website
wells.cathedral.school (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Wells Cathedral School, Limited
Registered
1967

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£19m£20m
  • 2024£19m£20m
  • 2023£18m£18m
Earlier years
  • 2022£17m£16m
  • 2021£15m£16m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BY SUCH MEANS AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND BY OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY

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.

5.5y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 3Religious Activities 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 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 11Professional services 3Business services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£19.1m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

7.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 10.9 in 2021

441 from 386 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
310212
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 APRIL 1956 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 10 MARCH 1997, AND 29 SEPTEMBER 2000, AS AMENDED 12 FEBRUARY 2002, 15 MARCH 2004,24/03/06 AND 10 DECEMBER 2007. as amended on 10 Jul 2024
Companies House
Company number 00564883 · Active
Contact on the register
01749834282 · r.mccartney@wells-cathedral-school.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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