Maria Montessori Training Organisation

Registered charity 313087 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout 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.

6 trustees on the board

6y median 7y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Catherine Middlemas since 2019
Nicola Forsyth since 2017
Sara Giwa-Mcneil since 2019

11.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

company-linked trustees

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

Finance 6Education 2

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Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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

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incomespending£3.8m 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.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 30.4 in 2021

57 from 55 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.

Also active in the same field

Chaigeley Educational Foundation Similar size; both Education
Gatsby Technical Education Projects Similar size; both Education
Talbot House Children’s Charity Limited Similar size; both Education
Confederation of School Trusts Similar size; both Education
Cvqo LTD Similar size; both Education
The Independent Schools' Bursars Association Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.mariamontessori.org
Email	info@mariamontessori.org
Phone	02074353646
Address	Maria Montessori Training, Organisation, 26 Lyndhurst Gardens, LONDON, NW3 5NW

Finances

£3,834,870 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£3,384,607	£3,151,011
2022	£3,579,801	£3,415,162
2023	£4,396,466	£3,717,661
2024	£3,983,441	£4,087,530
2025	£3,834,870	£3,823,035

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE MONTESSORI SYSTEM OF EDUCATING CHILDREN AND IN PARTICULAR TO TRAIN TEACHERS IN THAT METHOD.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 5TH JULY 1961 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION 11 OCT 2007. as amended on 09 Mar 2022

Trustees (6)

6trustees

61median age

0aged 70+

Caroline Emma Westonage band 55-59 since 2021
Catherine Middlemasage band 55-59 since 2019
Farran Scott Lram B MVS
Ian Michael Stockdaleage band 60-64 since 2024
Nicola Forsythage band 65-69 since 2017
Sara Giwa-Mcneil since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

The Maria Montessori Training Organisation · 00697468 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 05/07/1961

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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