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Registered charity · Woking

The Gordon Foundation

The Gordon Foundation is a registered charity (number 312092) based in Woking, governed by 17 trustees and chaired by Lieutenant General Richard John Cripwell since 2022. Latest income £22m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 17 trustees
  • Income £22m (2025)
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Also 4 organisations acting as trustee: Mr Peter Jones, Mr Shahid Azeem, Mrs Deborah Mckenzie, Mrs Sally Hounsham.

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
Website
www.gordons.school (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Gordon Foundation
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£22m£21m
  • 2024£19m£19m
  • 2023£18m£18m
Earlier years
  • 2022£16m£17m
  • 2021£14m£16m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

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.

13 trustees on the board

5.8y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
312092
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 00027272 · Active
Contact on the register
01276 858084 · foundation@gordons.school
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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