Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

DOVERY ACADEMY PARENTS ASSOCIATION

Parents' Association fund raising activities for the benefit of the children at Dovery Academy, to include Christmas Fair, Sponsored events and Summer Fair.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/08/23£12£9£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£8£3£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£7£2£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£7£3£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£14£10£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£14£14£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£6£6£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£8£11£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£16£19£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14?£14£9£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/13£8£7£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/12£6£10£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/11?£9£10£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/09/10£17£6£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/09/09£7£2£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/09/08£7£3£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/09/07*£4£6£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06£7£1£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05*£17£6£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£9£4£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years

www.doveryacademy.org

pta@doveryacademy.org

01525 377233

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Central Bedfordshire,
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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£2,000 17/08/2021
Outdoor Fun and Fitness for all
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Outdoor Play Equipment
£5,000 08/07/2021
To replace existing outdated play equipment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALESSANDRA TOFT (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • HANNAH WATSON Appointed: 2023
  • HAYLEY PARR Appointed: 2023
  • JOANNE DORMAN Appointed: 2023
  • KIM SKINNER Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/04/1995, number: 1045766
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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 2 days late, AR05: 227 days late,
Main office

Dovery Academy
Heath Road
LEIGHTON BUZZARD
LU7 3AG

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEIGHTON BUZZARD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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