The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Emerson College Trust Limited

Registered charity 312101 Registered since 1967

Operates: East Sussex

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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.

7 trustees on the board

4.6y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

22.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

7
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 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 38Health and social care 8Property 6

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£1.9m latest income
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.

13.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 34.3 in 2021

25 from 18 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.emerson.org.uk
Emailfinance@emerson.org.uk
Phone01342822238
AddressEmerson College, Hartfield Road, FOREST ROW, RH18 5JX

Finances

£1,866,815 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£593,269£787,759
2022£1,312,538£1,433,895
2023£1,712,586£1,710,106
2024£2,026,003£2,234,336
2025£1,866,815£1,711,288

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCED EDUCATION OF PERSONS OF BOTH SEXES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCE OR ANY OF THEM BEING GUIDED SO FAR AS POSSIBLE BY THE METHODS OF EDUCATION DEVELOPED BY THE LATE DOCTOR RUDOLF STEINER.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 JUNE 1967 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS OF 03 MARCH 1969 AND 22 FEBRUARY 1982

Trustees (7)

7trustees
71median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Emerson College Trust Limited(the) · 00908985 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 22/06/1967

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (8)

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