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Registered charity · No. 309093

The Wellington College

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The Wellington College is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training.

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What are the key facts about The Wellington College?

Reported income · year ending 2025-07-31
£76,225,000
Reported spending · year ending 2025-07-31
£73,085,000
Registered charity number
309093
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Other
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Crowthorne
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes
Website
www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk

Quick answer

The Wellington College (number 309093) 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 Wellington College do?

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.

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

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Wellington College

Answers The Wellington College gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 July 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are The Wellington College's highest-paid staff paid?

The Wellington College's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports 121 employees paid more than £60,000, including 13 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £400,001–£450,000 (1 employee).

Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£400,001–£450,0001
£350,001–£400,0001
£150,001–£200,0003
£140,001–£150,0001
£120,001–£130,0001
£110,001–£120,0002
£100,001–£110,0004
£90,001–£100,0007
£80,001–£90,00013
£70,001–£80,00038
£60,001–£70,00050

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

Where does The Wellington College's money come from?

The Wellington College reported £76m total income for the year ending 31 July 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £61m (80%), trading and fundraising events £9.4m (12%), donations and legacies £3.5m (5%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £25k.

  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£61m · 80%
  • Trading and fundraising events£9.4m · 12%
  • Donations and legacies£3.5m · 5%
  • Investments£2m · 3%

Does The Wellington College receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for The Wellington College. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

The Wellington College 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 Wellington College 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 Wellington College's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Also known as
Wellington College
Where it says it operates
Bracknell Forest

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People.

Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals; Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services; Other Charitable Activities.

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 309093. They are not counted as separate charity registrations in this directory. Check each linked record for its purposes.

View 26 linked records

What causes is The Wellington College registered for?

Education/training

Why is there no Clarity Score for The Wellington College yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Wellington College. 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 Wellington College a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists The Wellington College as a registered charity (number 309093) 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 Wellington College's charity number?
The Wellington College's charity number is 309093. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 309093?
Search 309093 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 Wellington College do?
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.
Does The Wellington College have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Wellington College. 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 Wellington College?
The Wellington College's website listed in our register data is http://www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk. 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 Wellington College's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Wellington College's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports 121 employees paid more than £60,000, including 13 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £400,001–£450,000 (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 Wellington College's money come from?
The Wellington College reported £76m total income for the year ending 31 July 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £61m (80%), trading and fundraising events £9.4m (12%), donations and legacies £3.5m (5%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £25k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Wellington College?
The register records The Wellington College 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 Wellington College's trustees paid?
The Wellington College's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for providing services). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The Wellington College registered as a charity?
The Wellington College was entered on the register on 11 November 1963.

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.