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Registered charity · Ware

ST Edmund's College

ST Edmund's College is a registered charity (number 311073) based in Ware, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Paul John Raynes since 2018. Latest income £19m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £19m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Hertfordshire
Website
www.stedmundscollege.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1969

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£19m£19m
  • 2024£20m£19m
  • 2023£18m£20m
Earlier years
  • 2022£17m£16m
  • 2021£14m£13m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A SECONDARY OR HIGHER ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS OR COLLEGES FOR THE STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY THEOLOGY OR THE ALLIED SUBJECTS DURING SUCH PERIOD OR PERIODS WHETHER CONTINUOUS OR DISCONTINUOUS AND ALSO FOR SUCH OTHER ROMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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.

5.7y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

4
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 11Religious Activities 3General Charitable Purposes 1The 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 5Health and social care 1Other services 1

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£18.7m 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.

7.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

310 from 232 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
311073
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST OF 29 APRIL 1921 AS AMENDED BY SCHEMES OF 29 OCTOBER 1984 AND 11 FEBRUARY 1991
Contact on the register
01920824201 · ncastle@stedmundscollege.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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