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Philological Foundation

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £59k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Camden, City Of Westminster
Website
www.philological.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£59k£51k
  • 2024£419k£57k
  • 2023£34k£68k
Earlier years
  • 2022£15k£60k
  • 2021£104k£32k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(A) TO AWARD GRANTS, BURSARIES, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES, AND OTHER FINANCIAL BENEFITS TO HELP CHILDREN AND YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN PUPILS AT ANY SCHOOLS PROVIDING SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER OR THE LONDN BOROUGH OF CAMDEN AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE NEEDS OF FORMER PUPILS OF THE ST. MARYLEBONE GRAMMER SCHOOL AND OTHER BOYS AND YOUNG MEN WHO ARE QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID. (B) IN PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL BENFITS, INCLUDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, AS SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER AND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN WHICH ARE COUNTY OR VOLUNTARY OR GRANT MAINTAINED SCHOOLS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE EDUCATION ACTS 1944 TO 1981 AND IN OTHERWISE PROMOTING THE EDUCATION. TRUSTEES IN APPLYING INCOME UNDER THIS HEAD SHALL CONSULT WITH THE INNER LONDON EDUCATION AUTHORITY AND THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THE SCHOOLS TO BE BENEFITED, AND SHALL PAY PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE NEEDS OF SCHOOLS IN THE AREA OF THE FORMER BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE. (C) IN GIVING EDUCATIONAL PRIZES OR AWARDS TO PUPILS AT SCHOOLS REFERRED TO IN SECTION (B): PROVIDED THAT ANY SINGLE PRIZE OR AWARD SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE OF ú50 IN CASH OR KIND VALUED AS THE THE 1ST JANUARY 1989, SUCH AMOUNT TO BE INCREASED IN THE SAME RATIO THAT THE RETAIL PRICES INDEX AT THE BEGINING OF EACH YEAR BEARS TO THE RETAIL PRICES INDEX AS AT THE 1ST JANUARY 1989; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN ANY YEAR ON SUCH PRIZES OR AWARDS SHALL NOT EXCEED 5 PERCENT. OF THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE PREVIOUS ACCOUNTING YEAR OF THE CHARITY. (D) IN PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO ASSIST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS QUALIFIED UNDER SECTION (A) OF THE SUB-CLAUSE TO PREPARE FOR OR ENTER A PROFESSION TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE ON LEAVING SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.

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.

8 trustees on the board

7.6y median 8y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

2
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 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 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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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£59k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
312692
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 22 JULY 1982 AS VARIED BY SCHEME OF 9 MARCH 1990 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 24 AUGUST 2006. as amended on 04 Jul 2024
Contact on the register
00 · thephilological@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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