The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

German School Association Limited

Registered charity 325073 Registered since 1974

Operates: Throughout London, Surrey

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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.

8 trustees on the board

2.1y median 0.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

3
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 3Business services 1Education 1

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  • 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
2024
2025
incomespending£14.5m 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.

8.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.6 in 2021

130 from 110 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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dslondon.org.uk
Emailinfo@dslondon.org.uk
Phone02089391844
AddressTHE GERMAN SCHOOL, DOUGLAS HOUSE, PETERSHAM ROAD, RICHMOND, TW10 7AH

Finances

£14,541,392 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,465,643£10,505,813
2022£11,276,689£10,774,164
2023£12,405,568£11,857,333
2024£13,658,656£13,080,321
2025£14,541,392£14,520,469

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN OR IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LONDON A GERMAN SCHOOL FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN. TO EDUCATE CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND GENERAL CULTURE OF GERMANY AND TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF GERMAN SPEAKING PERSONS OF ALL AGES RESIDENT IN GERMANY AND ELSEWHERE IN THE LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND GENERAL CULTURE OF ENGLAND AND GENERALLY TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF GERMAN CULTURE IN ENGLAND, AND ENGLISH CULTURE IN GERMANY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/07/1970AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/03/1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/05/2003 as amended on 06 Mar 2019

Trustees (8)

8trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

German School Association Limited · 00984415 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/07/1970

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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