Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 7

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess liquidity: -1
Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
Fundraising costs low: +3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 9

LEICESTERSHIRE EDUCATION BUSINESS COMPANY LIMITED

TO PROMOTE LINKS BETWEEN BUSINESS AND EDUCATION. PREPARING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE WORLD OF WORK THROUGH CAREERS ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND EVENTS; PROVIDING WORK-EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS TO SECONDARY STUDENTS AND ADULTS; SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACCESS OUT OF SCHOOL PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERING; RAISING AWARENESS AND INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT CAREERS IN STEM.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/23		£993	£1,097	£-104	£19	£1,700	£1,700	18.6	29	1,252
31/08/22		£2,001	£1,621	£380	£14	£1,844	£1,844	13.6	51	900
31/08/21		£1,444	£1,393	£51	£15	£1,497	£1,497	12.9	61	900
31/08/20		£1,395	£1,181	£213	£14	£1,401	£1,401	14.2	68	900
31/08/19		£2,434	£2,400	£33	£15	£1,206	£1,206	6	73	1,500
31/08/18?	*	£2,953	£2,589	£364	£65	£1,169	£1,169	5.4	72	0
31/07/17		£2,172	£1,873	£299	£60	£805	£805	5.2	69	0
31/07/16	*	£1,762	£1,673	£89	£66	£506	£506	3.6	63	0
31/07/15		£1,481	£1,542	£-61	£69	£417	£417	3.2	55	0
31/07/14		£1,798	£1,738	£59	£117	£631	£631	4.4	53	0
31/07/13?		£1,417	£1,296	£121	£72	£571	£571	5.3	25	0
31/03/12		£929	£1,049	£-120	£70	£450	£450	5.2	28	0
31/03/11		£1,352	£1,351	£1	£126	£571	£566	5	30	0
31/03/10		£1,484	£1,475	£9	£115	£570	£566	4.6	35	0
31/03/09		£1,602	£1,571	£31	£92	£561	£554	4.2	40	0
31/03/08	*	£1,696	£1,610	£85	£75	£530	£530	4	35	0
31/03/07	*	£1,602	£1,567	£35	£45	£445	£442	3.4	30	0
31/03/06		£1,551	£1,550	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£1,608	£1,519	£88	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,708	£1,726	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 18.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 5.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 31 years

www.leics-ebc.org.uk

contactus@leics-ebc.org.uk

01162407000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Coventry City, Leicester City, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

29 employees
1,252 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
WCIT Charity - Grant to the Young Coders Competition
£10,000	23/11/2022	Funding for live events designed to attract more girls into computer science and improve the percentage of women in the IT industry.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 57-72

ARINDER BHULLAR Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Fashion Designer

CAROLINE AMANDA BOUCHER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Business Intelligence Senior Manager

BARBARA CHANTRILL (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Founder

DR RICHARD MOODY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired

NICOLA PAULA HURLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: QUETZAL,

PETER DEAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ceo

PHILIP JOHN ELLIOTT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Managing Director

SUSAN MATTHEWS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: UPPER BROUGHTON YOUTH AND SOCIAL CLUB,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/01/1993, number: 1016744
Registered at Companies House on 21/12/1992, number: 02775469

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 140 days late, AR16: 36 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 0 days late, AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

30 Frog Island
Off North Bridge Place
LEICESTER
LE3 5AG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND OTHER EMPLOYMENT SKILLS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE LEICESTERSHIRE.

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