The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Gordon Foundation

Registered charity 312092 Registered since 1963

Operates: Surrey

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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.

13 trustees on the board

5.8y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (3)

9
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 12Economic/community Development/employment 2Environment/conservation/heritage 2Religious Activities 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 15Construction 12Property 8

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£21.8m 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.

8.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 10.6 in 2021

287 from 246 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.gordons.school
Emailfoundation@gordons.school
Phone01276 858084
AddressGORDONS SCHOOL, BAGSHOT ROAD, WEST END, WOKING, GU24 9PT

Finances

£21,827,449 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£14,121,911£15,743,295
2022£16,307,953£16,542,244
2023£18,194,658£18,368,231
2024£19,319,910£19,242,958
2025£21,827,449£21,249,247

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO EDUCATE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS HAVING PARTICULAR REGARD TO THOSE WITH A SPECIFIC BOARDING OR EDUCATIONAL NEED, WITH A VIEW TO FITTING THEM FOR FURTHER EDUCATION OR FOR EARNING THEIR LIVELIHOOD, SUCH OBJECT BEING IN CONTINUATION OF THE WORK OF THE UNINCORPORATED INSTITUTION KNOWN AS THE GORDON BOYS' HOME, ESTABLISHED IN JULY 1885 AS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO GENERAL GORDON.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 AUGUST 1888 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 6 JULY 1892, 26 JANUARY 1989 AND 29TH JANUARY 1994 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF COMMISSIONERS OF 6TH SEPTEMBER 1995.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JAN 2023

Trustees (17)

13trustees
53median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Gordon Foundation · 00027272 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/08/1888

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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