The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The National Society (Church of England and Church in Wales) for the Promotion of Education

Registered charity 313070 Registered since 1966

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

5.5y median 4.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

3
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 12General Charitable Purposes 2Religious Activities 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2

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 4Finance 1Property 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£10.0m 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.

16.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 120.0 in 2020

55 from 11 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.churchofengland.org/education
Emailnigel.genders@churchofengland.org
Phone02078981501
AddressTHE NATIONAL SOCIETY, CHURCH HOUSE, GREAT SMITH STREET, LONDON, SW1P 3BL

Finances

£9,997,069 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,452,658£1,425,967
2021£1,547,169£1,828,477
2022£3,386,191£3,985,481
2023£5,778,197£5,838,983
2024£9,997,069£9,359,780

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, IN ENGLAND AND IN WALES AND IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD WHERE THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OR CHURCHES IN COMMUNION WITH IT MAY BE AT WORK. THE INVESTMENTS AND PROPERTY AND ALL OF THE INCOME OF THE SOCIETY SHALL HENCEFORTH BE APPLICABLE FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF THE SOCIETY AS HEREIN STATED.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER AND BYE LAWS DATED 23 OCTOBER 1972, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION 13 MARCH 1985 AND ORDER OF COUNCIL OF 19 MARCH 1997.AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 06/05/2015

Trustees (12)

12trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The National Society (Church of England and Church in Wales) for the Promotion of Education · RC000373 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

Connected charities (10)

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