The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Hereford Cathedral School

Registered charity 518889 Registered since 1987

Operates: Herefordshire

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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.

4.9y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (7)

13
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 15General Charitable Purposes 3Religious Activities 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2Disability 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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 31Professional services 7Arts and leisure 4

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£13.6m 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.

7.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.2 in 2021

222 from 211 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.herefordcs.com
Emailcoopa@herefordcs.com
Phone01432363522
AddressHEREFORD CATHEDRAL SCHOOL, THE OLD DEANERY, CATHEDRAL CLOSE, HEREFORD, HR1 2NG

Finances

£13,634,191 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,227,055£9,530,309
2022£11,266,738£10,756,964
2023£12,682,901£12,304,054
2024£13,379,261£12,662,009
2025£13,634,191£12,459,581

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY ACQUIRING, ESTABLISHING, PROVIDING, CONDUCTING AND CARRYING ON RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN WHICH BOYS AND GIRLS OF ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY MAY RECEIVE A SOUND GENERAL EDUCATION (INCLUDING RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 5 DECEMBER 1986

Trustees (15)

15trustees
60median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Hereford Cathedral School · 02081261 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 05/12/1986

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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