The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Dulwich Estate

Registered charity 312751 Registered since 1966

Operates: Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark

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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.

4.3y median 4y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
10.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (8)

4
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 13Environment/conservation/heritage 13Religious Activities 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.

Education 7Professional services 7Arts and leisure 5

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£14.6m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.7 in 2021

38 from 31 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

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.thedulwichestate.org.uk
Emailinfo@thedulwichestate.org.uk
Phone02082991000
AddressThe Old College, Gallery Road, London, SE21 7AE

Finances

£14,551,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£11,062,594£11,318,639
2022£11,990,689£12,567,289
2023£13,298,000£14,306,000
2024£14,106,000£14,713,000
2025£14,551,000£15,386,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Other Finance

Charitable objects

(1) THE COSTS OF MAINTAINING, REPAIRING AND INSURING TO THEIR FULL VALUE ALL BUILDINGS NOT REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED, REPAIRED OR INSURED BY THE LESSEES, TENANTS OR OCCUPANTS, AND SUBJECT THERETO SHALL APPLY THE SAME IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY: (A) SUCH YEARLY SUM AS THEY THINK FIT IN MAINTAINING RESERVES;(B) SUCH YEARLY SUM AS THEY THINK FIT, NOT EXCEEDING ·80,000 OR SUCH OTHER SUM AS THE COMMISSIONERS APPROVE, TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FOR APPLICATION BY THEM FOR THE PURPOSES OF THAT CHARITY; (C) SUCH YEARLY SUM AS THEY THINK FIT, NOT EXCEEDING ·30,000 OR SUCH OTHER SUM AS THE COMMISSIONERS APPROVE, FOR APPLICATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHRIST'S CHAPEL CHARITY. (2) THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE REMAINDER (IF ANY) OF THE SAID INCOME AS FOLLOWS: (A) 3. 248 PER CENT TO ST OLAVES;(B) 10. 923 PER CENT TO THE CENTRAL FOUNDATION; (C) 85. 829 PER CENT TO BE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE DULWICH SCHOOLS IN MANNER SPECIFIED.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 31/07/1995AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 08/12/2012

Trustees (13)

13trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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