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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 4
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

UNITED CHURCH SCHOOLS TRUST

The provision of a liberal, practical and general education, which includes religious instruction in the doctrine and duties of Christianity, through the operation of independent schools.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There is a pension deficit of £809,000
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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
31/08/23£144,154£140,199£3,955£0£32,607£30,1712.62,349224
31/08/22£130,332£123,929£6,403£0£28,533£26,0902.52,241244
31/08/21£121,961£119,955£2,006£0£21,068£18,6191.92,408209
31/08/20£114,470£117,403£-2,933£0£18,641£16,1921.72,550442
31/08/19£116,371£114,107£2,264£0£21,852£19,5922.12,403240
31/08/18£111,400£108,046£3,354£0£20,535£18,30822,4510
31/08/17£105,338£106,111£-773£0£16,969£14,7421.72,3800
31/08/16£105,284£106,783£-1,499£24£17,668£15,4411.72,4050
31/08/15£97,741£92,714£5,027£203£20,128£17,9012.32,3140
31/08/14£91,994£88,873£3,121£106£15,117£12,8901.72,0440
31/08/13£88,560£87,296£1,264£140£11,958£9,7311.31,9890
31/08/12£84,932£83,358£1,574£120£10,625£8,0761.21,8280
31/08/11£76,979£74,207£2,772£139£10,194£7,6971.21,6520
31/08/10£71,805£76,249£-4,444£146£7,393£5,0890.81,5950
31/08/09£70,753£69,437£1,316£165£11,855£8,7611.51,5470
31/08/08£61,738£62,195£-457£183£11,031£6,3681.21,4170
31/08/07£63,543£61,808£1,735£161£11,488£7,3211.41,3310
31/08/06£57,420£54,682£2,738n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£51,162£48,883£2,280n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£39,247£39,810£-563n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 65%
Liabilities/Income: 43%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 32 years

www.unitedlearning.org.uk

enquiries@unitedlearning.org.uk

01832864477

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Dorset, East Riding Of Yorkshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Southwark, Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
John Lyon's Charity - Schools in Partnership grant to The Totteridge Academy
£75,000 18/11/2020
36
Learning from the Land
Department for Education - Apprenticeships Participation 18+
£4,750 01/04/2020
To fund the provision of apprenticeship training.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to United Learning
£49,100 27/06/2017
24
Access to Theatre programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-69
  • CHRISTIAN NORMAN BRODIE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired Banker
  • DAME REENA KEEBLE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Headteacher/Pt Education Consultant
  • DR ROSALIND GIVEN-WILSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Doctor
  • MELISSA GEIGER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Partner And Board Member Kpmg
  • MR BEN GORDON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director And Chartered Civil Engineer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/01/1993, number: 1016538
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/01/1993, number: 02780748
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE ROYAL SCHOOL HASLEMERE on 05/11/2021
  • Asset transfer in from PRINCESS HELENA COLLEGE on 23/02/2022
Main office

United Learning
Worldwide House
Thorpe Wood
PETERBOROUGH
PE3 6SB

Objectives

TO PROVIDE IN ENGLAND AND WALES, BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS, A LIBERAL, PRACTICAL, AND GENERAL EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS OF ALL AGES AND BOTH SEXES, SUCH EDUCATION TO INCLUDE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN THE DOCTRINE AND DUTY OF CHRISTIANITY PRINCIPALLY AS THE SAME ARE TAUGHT BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, AND OTHERWISE TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS CONDUCTED, OR TO BE CONDUCTED, BY ANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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