THE ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNING BODIES OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

Registered charity 1108756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGBIS

The object of the Association is the advancement of education in independent schools. The Association is empowered to give guidance to governing bodies, to speak for them on matters relating to governance of independent schools and to consider the relationship of their members to the general educational interests of the community.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £168,911 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £700,556. The trustees consider these reserves, equating to approximately eight months of expenditure, to be sufficient to meet foreseeable contingencies and operate comfortably. The financial review notes that deferred expenditure contributed to the higher-than-anticipated surplus.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (65% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charlotte Jane Martenchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alexander Thomas Hitchens
• Barnaby James Northover
• Caroline Louise Jordan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christine Margaret Keunen
• DIANA ELIZABETH DEBORAH ROBINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• GLENN VICTOR HANDLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Irfan Hamid Latif
• John David Edward
• Margaret Gardiner
• Michael William Gregson
• Monica Bhandari · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Mark Dillon-Robinson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sophie-Anne Rees
• TOM BEARDMORE-GRAY · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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