THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE
Registered charity 309093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WELLINGTON COLLEGE
The Charity aims to provide a world-class education that will enable its pupils to realise their full potential in academic, sporting, artistic and social skills and to engender in them a spirit of self-confidence, a desire to serve the wider community, an international outlook and an enthusiastic attitude to work and life.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the group's and parent charity's affairs. The independent auditor concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Wellington College (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- James Dahl — Master of Wellington College (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (11,316 likes) · instagram (20K followers)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£404k
Reserves (reported)
£22.9m
Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- William Jackson MAchair
- Andrew Halls OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
- Catherine Elizabeth Ferry
- Elizabeth Adekunle · trustee of 1 other charity
- Emma Cecilia Goldsmith
- Helen Claire Stevenson MSc
- James Richard Garvey
- Jill Miranda May BA
- Mark Gordon Milliken-Smith KC
- Sarah Elise Bentley · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sir Christopher Linley Tickell
- The Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellelsley KG, LVO, OBE, MC, DL
- VIRGINIA ELIZABETH RHODES BA
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bracknell Forest
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the group's and parent charity's affairs. The independent auditor concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE as a grant recipient include TARA GETTY FOUNDATION, THE EDWARD & CATHERINE WRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE WHEELER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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