The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Stowe School Limited

Registered charity 310639 Registered since 1963

Operates: Buckinghamshire

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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.

4.8y median 4.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
14.7y
average years in governance
20
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 21Education/training 21Environment/conservation/heritage 20The 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.

Education 42Property 13Finance 6

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£53.6m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

16.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 20.9 in 2021

786 from 735 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.

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.

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Contact

Websitewww.stowe.co.uk
Emailschooladministrator@stowe.co.uk
Phone01280818222
AddressSTOWE SCHOOL, BUCKINGHAM, MK18 5EH

Finances

£53,623,388 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£35,167,701£30,566,838
2022£40,509,607£38,351,603
2023£41,972,151£42,042,499
2024£51,352,198£43,993,611
2025£53,623,388£49,416,262

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

3. The objects for which the Company is established are to advance education by:3.1 The provision of a school for boys and girls at Stowe in Buckinghamshire and/or if thought desirable of other schools in England or Wales which shall provide education in accordance with the Protestant Principles of the Church of England and ancillary or incidental educational activities and associated activities for the benefit of the public; and/or3.2 The support of the provision of education in accordance with the aforesaid Principles at Colleges or Universities in England and Wales

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/01/1923AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/09/1951AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/06/1980NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26/09/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 SEP 2016 as amended on 06 Oct 2020

Trustees (21)

21trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Stowe School Limited · 00187251 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 20/01/1923

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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