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Chard School

Chard School is a registered charity (number 310219) based in Chard, governed by 2 trustees and chaired by Shirley Flannery since 2025. Latest income £366k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £366k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Chard Independent School.

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
Somerset
Website
www.chardschool.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£366k£425k
  • 2024£484k£563k
  • 2023£553k£587k
Earlier years
  • 2022£606k£578k
  • 2021£500k£537k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

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.

1 trustees on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

  • Chard Independent School since 1963
1.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (1)

1
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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£366k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
310219
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 08/05/1997AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 14/06/2001AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 08/03/2014AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 24/07/2014
Contact on the register
01460 63234 · accounts@chardschool.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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