ST Paul's Cathedral Choir School

Registered charity 312718 Registered since 1962

Operates: City Of London

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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.

11 trustees on the board

Dr Paula Gooder Chair since 2023
Alison Gowman CBE since 2023
Clement Hutton-Mills since 2021
Gillian Bowen since 2022
Mervyn Mccullagh since 2023
Morag Ellis KC since 2023
Peter Aiers OBE since 2023
Rev Catherine Okoronkwo since 2024
Rev Philip Banks since 2024
Sheila Nicoll OBE since 2018
The Very Reverend Andrew Tremlett since 2022

3.6y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Sheila Nicoll OBE since 2018

6.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Dr Paula Gooder Chair since 2023
Mervyn Mccullagh since 2023
Rev Catherine Okoronkwo since 2024
Rev Philip Banks since 2024
The Very Reverend Andrew Tremlett since 2022

Portfolio (6)

Alison Gowman CBE since 2023
Clement Hutton-Mills since 2021
Gillian Bowen since 2022
Morag Ellis KC since 2023
Peter Aiers OBE since 2023
Sheila Nicoll OBE since 2018

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 11Religious Activities 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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.

Arts and leisure 1Other services 1

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£5.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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.

3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 20.9 in 2020

93 from 77 in 2020

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.

Also active in the same field

ST John's School Similar size; both Education
The Maritime Educational Foundation Similar size; both Education
PMC Education Trust Similar size; both Education
Rishworth School Similar size; both Education
Halcyon London International School Similar size; both Education
Birtenshaw Merseyside Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.spcs.london.sch.uk
Email	bursar@spcs.london.sch.uk
Phone	02072485156
Address	ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL, 2 NEW CHANGE, LONDON, EC4M 9AD

Finances

£5,831,745 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£5,235,929	£3,710,725
2021	£4,533,200	£4,030,445
2022	£5,118,845	£4,581,718
2023	£5,367,638	£5,225,266
2024	£5,831,745	£5,782,288

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL SHALL PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR THE CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS AND FOR SUCH OTHER PUPILS BETWEEN THE AGES OF FOUR AND THIRTEEN YEARS (INCLUSIVE)AS CAN BE PROPERLY ACCOMMODATED FROM TIME TO TIME WITHIN THE SCHOOL.

Governing document: GI UNKOWN FOUNDED IN THE 12TH CENTAURY AS AMENDED BY A 2005 SCHEME OF DELEGATION

Trustees (11)

11trustees

79median age

2aged 70+

Dr Paula Gooder Chair since 2023
Alison Gowman CBE since 2023
Clement Hutton-Mills since 2021
Gillian Bowenage band 75-79 since 2022
Mervyn Mccullagh since 2023
Morag Ellis KC since 2023
Peter Aiers OBE since 2023
Rev Catherine Okoronkwo since 2024
Rev Philip Banksage band 75-79 since 2024
Sheila Nicoll OBE since 2018
The Very Reverend Andrew Tremlett since 2022

Connected charities (7)

ST Paul's Cathedral 3 shared trustees
The Truan Trust 1 shared trustee
The Company of Chartered Surveyors Charitable Trust Fund (1992) 1 shared trustee
The City of London Archaeological Trust Fund 1 shared trustee
Just Like US 1 shared trustee
Friends of ST Pauls 1 shared trustee
The Charterhouse WAR Memorial and Tercentenary Trust 1 shared trustee

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