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The Girls' Day School Trust

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The Girls' Day School Trust is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training.

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What are the key facts about The Girls' Day School Trust?

Reported income · year ending 2025-08-31
£373,418,000
Reported spending · year ending 2025-08-31
£345,396,000
Registered charity number
306983
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
21 Palmer Street
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes
Website
www.gdst.net

Quick answer

The Girls' Day School Trust (number 306983) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does The Girls' Day School Trust do?

To remain at the forefront of education, extend excellence and innovation in dynamic educationalsettings and maintain our leadership in the education of young people, principally women.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Girls' Day School Trust

Answers The Girls' Day School Trust gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 August 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are The Girls' Day School Trust's highest-paid staff paid?

The Girls' Day School Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 668 employees paid more than £60,000, including 59 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £300,001–£350,000 (1 employee).

Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£300,001–£350,0001
£200,001–£250,0001
£150,001–£200,00018
£140,001–£150,0002
£130,001–£140,0007
£120,001–£130,0004
£110,001–£120,0006
£100,001–£110,00020
£90,001–£100,00036
£80,001–£90,00055
£70,001–£80,000136
£60,001–£70,000382

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does The Girls' Day School Trust's money come from?

The Girls' Day School Trust reported £373m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £339m (91%), donations and legacies £26m (7%), trading and fundraising events £4.6m (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £2m.

  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£339m · 91%
  • Donations and legacies£26m · 7%
  • Trading and fundraising events£4.6m · 1%
  • Investments£3.8m · 1%
  • Other income£1m · 0%

Does The Girls' Day School Trust receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for The Girls' Day School Trust. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

The Girls' Day School Trust reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records The Girls' Day School Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

The Girls' Day School Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
00006400 (Companies House)
Also known as
Gdst
Previous names on the register
The Girls Public Day School Trust; The Girls' Day School Trust (1872); The Girls' Public Day School Trust (1872)
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People.

Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals; Makes Grants To Organisations; Provides Other Finance; Provides Human Resources; Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services; Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

Linked funds and trusts

The register records these funds under parent charity number 306983. They are not counted as separate charity registrations in this directory. Check each linked record for its purposes.

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What causes is The Girls' Day School Trust registered for?

Education/training

Why is there no Clarity Score for The Girls' Day School Trust yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Girls' Day School Trust. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is The Girls' Day School Trust a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists The Girls' Day School Trust as a registered charity (number 306983) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Girls' Day School Trust's charity number?
The Girls' Day School Trust's charity number is 306983. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 306983?
Search 306983 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does The Girls' Day School Trust do?
To remain at the forefront of education, extend excellence and innovation in dynamic educationalsettings and maintain our leadership in the education of young people, principally women.
Does The Girls' Day School Trust have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Girls' Day School Trust. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Girls' Day School Trust?
The Girls' Day School Trust's website listed in our register data is http://www.gdst.net. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is The Girls' Day School Trust's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Girls' Day School Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 668 employees paid more than £60,000, including 59 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £300,001–£350,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Girls' Day School Trust's money come from?
The Girls' Day School Trust reported £373m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £339m (91%), donations and legacies £26m (7%), trading and fundraising events £4.6m (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £2m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Girls' Day School Trust?
The register records The Girls' Day School Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The Girls' Day School Trust's trustees paid?
The Girls' Day School Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
What was The Girls' Day School Trust previously called?
The register lists these previous names for The Girls' Day School Trust: The Girls Public Day School Trust; The Girls' Day School Trust (1872); The Girls' Public Day School Trust (1872).
When was The Girls' Day School Trust registered as a charity?
The Girls' Day School Trust was entered on the register on 29 September 1995. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00006400).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.