The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Littlegarth School Limited

Registered charity 325064 Registered since 1974

Operates: Essex, Suffolk

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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

3y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

5
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.

Manufacturing 2Arts and leisure 1Education 1

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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£4.5m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

2.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

68 from 65 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.

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Contact

Websitewww.littlegarth.essex.sch.uk
Emailbursar@littlegarth.essex.sch.uk
Phone01206262354
AddressLITTLEGARTH SCHOOL, HORKESLEY PARK, PARK ROAD, NAYLAND, COLCHESTER, CO6 4JR

Finances

£4,530,433 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,587,748£3,288,039
2022£3,891,219£3,721,410
2023£4,172,152£3,960,458
2024£4,460,212£4,419,590
2025£4,530,433£4,501,224

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN CONNEXION THEREWITH TO CONDUCT CARRY ON OR ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE ANY BOARDING OR DAY SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF EITHER OR BOTH SEXES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 20TH FEBRUARY 1974 AND 26 AUGUST 2005

Trustees (11)

11trustees
54median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Littlegarth School Limited · 01141073 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 23/10/1973

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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