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Hereford Cathedral School

Hereford Cathedral School is a registered charity (number 518889) based in Hereford, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Christian Spencer Malconson Jones since 2020. Latest income £14m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £14m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Herefordshire
Website
www.herefordcs.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Hereford Cathedral School
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14m£12m
  • 2024£13m£13m
  • 2023£13m£12m
Earlier years
  • 2022£11m£11m
  • 2021£10m£9.5m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

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).

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.

4.4y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (6)

11
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 13General Charitable Purposes 2Religious Activities 2Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 26Professional 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
518889
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 5 DECEMBER 1986
Companies House
Company number 02081261 · Active
Contact on the register
01432363522 · coopa@herefordcs.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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