Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT LEEDS 

Provision of education for boys and girls aged 3 to 18
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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
31/08/22£30,606£29,779£827£0£13,908£13,8535.646097
31/08/21£28,298£27,895£403£0£13,081£13,0195.6471125
31/08/20£30,813£28,609£2,203£0£12,676£12,6085.3453112
31/08/19£28,277£27,594£683£0£10,474£10,4064.5441114
31/08/18£27,068£26,863£205£0£9,791£9,6994.3417105
31/08/17£25,809£25,861£-52£0£9,585£9,4834.44020
31/08/16£26,040£24,510£1,530£0£9,636£8,9064.43340
31/08/15£24,847£24,493£354£520£8,106£7,9843.93500
31/08/14£24,097£23,640£457£136£7,752£7,6093.93540
31/08/13£23,514£22,127£1,387£151£7,295£7,1383.93530
31/08/12£22,882£21,436£1,446£129£5,908£5,7083.23570
31/08/11£22,326£21,092£1,234£177£4,464£4,3372.53530
31/08/10£22,125£21,509£616£193£3,246£3,2061.83580
31/08/09£22,399£22,825£-426£213£2,588£1,97613530
31/08/08£21,106£20,587£518£175£2,482£2,3701.43580
31/08/07£20,382£19,726£656£211£2,985£2,1611.33560
31/08/06£19,442£19,238£204£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£18,515£18,802£-286£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£11,169£11,501£-333£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 53%
Liabilities/Income: 52%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 29 years

www.gsal.org.uk

company.secretary@gsal.org.uk

01132291552

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 460 employees
  • 97 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
Department for Work and Pensions - BLACKWING PRODUCTIONS
£27,724 01/04/2021
To support customers aged 18-24 to be ready to take up kickstart vacancies.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-65
  • KATHRYN KIBLER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Assessment Development Manager
  • ROBERT HOWSE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Executive Director
  • JOANNE SEMPLE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Design Agency Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/07/1995, number: 1048304
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/07/1995, number: 03075826
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE L G S GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST on 25/04/2023
Main office

LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
HARROGATE ROAD
LEEDS
LS17 8GS

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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