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Downside Church of England (VA) Infant School

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £14k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Surrey
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14k£27k
  • 2024£8k£13k
  • 2023£12k£11k
Earlier years
  • 2022£13k£11k
  • 2021£14k£15k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE USE OF THE PREMISES AS A VOLUNTARY OR GRANT MAINTAINED SCHOOL AT WHICH RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SHALL BE GIVEN AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF A NIGHT SCHOOL AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES FOR ANY PURPOSE FOR THE PROMOTION OF OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Board analysis for researchers

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 trustees on the board

4y median 4.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

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 4

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 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£8k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
311973
Status
Registered
Governing document
AGREEMENT DATED 14 MARCH 1903 AND CONVEYANCE AND DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 22/03/1904 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 16/11/1995
Contact on the register
01932863212 · info@stmatthewsschool.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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