Registered charity · Norwich
Town Close Educational Trust Ltd
- 10 trustees
- Income £6.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Adrian Martin Alexander FennellTrustee · since 2019
- Denis CostelloTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Sonal Ashvin PatelTrustee · since 2021
- Duncan SinclairTrustee · since 2025
- Faye Fenton-StoneTrustee · since 2023
- Gemma HordernTrustee · since 2024
- Isobelle WebsterTrustee · since 2023
- Jean Louise NorthTrustee · since 2020
- Ruth RipmanTrustee · since 2022
- Simon GeorgeTrustee · since 2024
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
- Norfolk
- Website
- www.townclose.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Town Close Educational Trust Limited
- Registered
- 1969
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.2m£6.9m
- 2024£6.5m£6.9m
- 2023£6.3m£6.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.7m£5.6m
- 2021£5.7m£5.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE (UNDER THE AGE OF 21 THROUGH THE PROVISION, SUPPORT, CONDUCT AND MAINTENANCE OF A DAY AND/OR BOARDING SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS AND SUCH OTHER ANCILLARY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND 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.
10 trustees on the board
- Adrian Martin Alexander Fennell since 2019
- Denis Costello since 2022
- Dr Sonal Ashvin Patel since 2021
- Duncan Sinclair since 2025
- Faye Fenton-Stone since 2023
- Gemma Hordern since 2024
- Isobelle Webster since 2023
- Jean Louise North since 2020
- Ruth Ripman since 2022
- Simon George since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Adrian Martin Alexander Fennell since 2019
- Jean Louise North since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Adrian Martin Alexander Fennell since 2019
- Denis Costello since 2022
- Dr Sonal Ashvin Patel since 2021
- Faye Fenton-Stone since 2023
- Gemma Hordern since 2024
- Isobelle Webster since 2023
- Jean Louise North since 2020
- Ruth Ripman since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Duncan Sinclair since 2025
- Simon George since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
13.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 311293
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/10/1968AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/06/1969AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/03/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23/09/2011 as amended on 08 Jul 2021 as amended on 08 Jul 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 00940118 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01603624709 · bursar@townclose.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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