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Rugby School

Rugby School is a registered charity (number 528752) based in Rugby, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Nicholas Patrick Bacon since 2020. Latest income £57m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £57m (2025)
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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
Warwickshire
Website
www.rugbyschool.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1971

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£57m£64m
  • 2024£55m£59m
  • 2023£51m£53m
Earlier years
  • 2022£45m£46m
  • 2021£41m£42m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE PROVISION OF A BROAD LIBERAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AT A BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL AT RUGBY ("RUGBY SCHOOL") FOR CHILDREN FROM RUGBY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD AND ELSEWHERE, AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

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.

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (6)

6
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 12General Charitable Purposes 2Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 8Retail and trade 6Business services 5

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£57.0m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

12.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 20.1 in 2021

774 from 684 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.
1%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
528752
Status
Registered
Governing document
STATUTES DATED 21 JULY 2010 MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACT 1868
Contact on the register
01788556260 · bursary@rugbyschool.net
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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