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Registered charity · Hitchin

Hitchin Education Foundation

Hitchin Education Foundation is a registered charity (number 311024) based in Hitchin, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Derrick Ashley since 2013. Latest income £131k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Hitchin Educational Foundation (Charity Commission)

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £131k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Hertfordshire
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£131k£128k
  • 2024£138k£144k
  • 2023£132k£174k
Earlier years
  • 2022£126k£114k
  • 2021£114k£109k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

INCOME TO BE APPLIED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:- A. AWARDING TO BENEFICIARIES SCHOLARSHIPS, EXHIBITIONS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS. B. PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OUTFITS, CLOTHING TOOLS OR BOOKS. C. AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO TRAVEL ABROAD TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION. D. PROVISION OF FACILITIES OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY. E. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO STUDY MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS. F. OTHERWISE PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING OF BENEFICIARIES).

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.

10 trustees on the board

6.4y median 5.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (6)

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 10Accommodation/housing 4Amateur Sport 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 1

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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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£131k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
311024
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 5.3.1976 AS VARIED BY SCHEMES OF 22.11.1983 AND 1.4.1982
Contact on the register
01462459154 · contact@shilcock.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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