Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

FRIENDS OF MANOR GREEN

We are a charity supporting two special needs schools for children with severe and moderate learning difficulties.We organise a series of fund raising events - summer and Christmas fayres, quiz nights, fashion shows etc.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/24£14£0£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/23*£13£28£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/22*£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/21*£23£12£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/20?£7£5£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/18*£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/17£9£15£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/16£9£8£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/15£13£21£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/14£14£7£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/13£11£8£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/12£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/11*£7£5£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/10£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/09*£10£17£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/08£13£5£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/07*£9£14£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/06?*£7£11£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/04£7£3£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 33 years

JANMCHESTER@HOTMAIL.COM

01293520351

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Friends of Manor Green College
£6,747 01/04/2022
Funding was provided for a series of dance workshops for children with special needs over the summer term culminating in a performance at a Jubilee Fete on 11th June where additional workshops will be held for the local community.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Friends of Manor Green College
£3,835 25/08/2020
Friends of Manor Green raises funds to benefit all young people with special educational needs and disabilities in order that they all benefit from a range of opportunities, such as community inclusion projects to enrichment learning and educational ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,835 24/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Friends of Manor Green College
£2,565 15/03/2019
11
Funding was provided for an inclusive Community Choir.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ISABELLE MARY BURTON Appointed: 2024
  • JAN CHESTER
  • KATIE JAYNE AXELL Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/02/1992, number: 1009000
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR23: 20 days late, AR22: 38 days late, AR21: 53 days late, AR18: 12 days late, AR11: 35 days late, AR09: 1 days late, AR07: 127 days late, AR06: 73 days late,
Main office

Manor Green College
Lady Margaret Road
CRAWLEY
RH11 0DX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL LEARNING DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUPILS ATTENDING MANOR GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL AND MANOR GREEN COLLEGE IN CRAWLEY

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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