Registered charity · Peterborough
United Learning LTD
United Learning LTD is a registered charity (number 313999) based in Peterborough, governed by 13 trustees. Latest income £790m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 13 trustees
- Income £790m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Andrew Gordon BalfourTrustee · since 2025
- Christian Norman BrodieTrustee · since 2024
- Christie Darren Spurling MBETrustee · since 2022
- Dame Reena KeebleTrustee · since 2025
- David BrownTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Rosalind Margaret Given-WilsonTrustee · since 2025
- Edward Francois VainkerTrustee · since 2026
- Melissa GeigerTrustee · since 2025
- Neil Andrew MacdonaldTrustee · since 2022
- Ourania Pauline MarandosTrustee · since 2025
- Paul Stuart MustowTrustee · since 2025
- Rachel Elizabeth MacfarlaneTrustee · since 2026
- Sir Jonathan Andrew ColesTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.unitedlearning.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- United Learning LTD
- Registered
- 1973
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£790m£771m
- 2024£786m£705m
- 2023£736m£582m
Earlier years
- 2022£522m£526m
- 2021£486m£497m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 73%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS, A LIBERAL, PRACTICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES AND BOTH SEXES, SUCH EDUCATION TO INCLUDE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN THE DOCTRINE AND DUTIES OF CHRISTIANITY PRINCIPALLY AS THE SAME ARE TAUGHT BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BUT ALSO SENSITIVE TO THE TEACHINGS, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF OTHER CHRISTIAN COMMUNIONS AND DENOMINATIONS.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Andrew Gordon Balfour since 2025
- Christian Norman Brodie since 2024
- Christie Darren Spurling MBE since 2022
- Dame Reena Keeble since 2025
- David Brown since 2024
- Dr Rosalind Margaret Given-Wilson since 2025
- Edward Francois Vainker since 2026
- Melissa Geiger since 2025
- Neil Andrew Macdonald since 2022
- Ourania Pauline Marandos since 2025
- Paul Stuart Mustow since 2025
- Rachel Elizabeth Macfarlane since 2026
- Sir Jonathan Andrew Coles since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Christie Darren Spurling MBE since 2022
- Dame Reena Keeble since 2025
- David Brown since 2024
- Rachel Elizabeth Macfarlane since 2026
Portfolio (9)
- Andrew Gordon Balfour since 2025
- Christian Norman Brodie since 2024
- Dr Rosalind Margaret Given-Wilson since 2025
- Edward Francois Vainker since 2026
- Melissa Geiger since 2025
- Neil Andrew Macdonald since 2022
- Ourania Pauline Marandos since 2025
- Paul Stuart Mustow since 2025
- Sir Jonathan Andrew Coles since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 313999
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 12 JULY 1883 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 15 NOVEMBER 1951, 22 JUNE 1955, 12 JULY 1972, 18TH JANUARY 1993, 17 MARCH 1994, 12 MARCH 1996, 7 JULY 2004 AND 3 NOVEMBER 2004 as amended on 20 Jul 2023 as amended on 18 Mar 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 00018582 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01832864488 · enquiries@unitedlearning.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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