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Registered charity · Ely

The King's School, ELY

The King's School, ELY is a registered charity (number 802427) based in Ely, governed by 14 trustees. Latest income £32m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £32m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Cambridgeshire
Website
www.kingsely.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The King's School, ELY
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£32m£31m
  • 2024£30m£28m
  • 2023£30m£25m
Earlier years
  • 2022£21m£21m
  • 2021£20m£19m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING EDUCATION IN THE TEACHINGS AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ("THE OBJECT").

Grants received

1 grant · £121,319 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £121,319

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £121,3192025-01-16
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.

7.5y median 7.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
14.9y
average years in governance
12
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 14General Charitable Purposes 3Religious Activities 2Environment/conservation/heritage 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 24Hospitality 5Other services 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£31.7m 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.

8.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 7.1 in 2021

496 from 472 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
802427
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 6TH NOVEMBER 1989 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION PASSED ON 10 SEPTEMBER 2009 TAKING EFFECT ON 1 OCTOBER 2009. as amended on 13 Oct 2014 as amended on 06 Jul 2022 as amended on 19 Jun 2025
Companies House
Company number 02440509 · Active
Contact on the register
01353660711 · enquiries@kingsely.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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