Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 6

Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 14

ABINGDON SCHOOL

To advance, for the public benefit, the education of children and young people not older than the age of 19 years at Abingdon School and Abingdon Preparatory School or such other school as the Governors may from time to time determine.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age 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 issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available

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	£33,970	£33,784	£186	£145	£64,158	£51,230	18.2	402	52
31/08/22	£32,344	£30,152	£2,192	£136	£64,020	£50,984	20.3	397	43
31/08/21	£28,920	£27,332	£1,588	£92	£61,958	£48,748	21.4	376	43
31/08/20	£27,887	£26,246	£1,641	£89	£60,196	£47,093	21.5	393	43
31/08/19	£29,580	£27,208	£2,372	£130	£58,596	£45,203	19.9	388	45
31/08/18	£28,290	£25,031	£3,259	£79	£56,222	£38,883	18.6	341	0
31/08/17	£27,530	£24,501	£3,029	£80	£52,713	£35,437	17.4	335	0
31/08/16	£25,101	£22,450	£2,651	£132	£49,006	£31,825	17	336	0
31/08/15	£23,490	£20,215	£3,275	£602	£46,283	£27,980	16.6	306	0
31/08/14	£23,406	£18,566	£4,840	£200	£42,928	£24,677	15.9	310	0
31/08/13	£20,952	£18,404	£2,548	£344	£37,973	£20,849	13.6	310	0
31/08/12	£19,282	£17,843	£1,439	£357	£35,230	£18,328	12.3	306	0
31/08/11	£18,268	£17,156	£1,112	£326	£33,701	£16,847	11.8	308	0
31/08/10	£17,333	£16,018	£1,316	£346	£32,542	£15,796	11.8	299	0
31/08/09	£17,186	£15,500	£1,686	£384	£31,013	£14,332	11.1	296	0
31/08/08	£15,656	£14,563	£1,093	£317	£29,678	£13,350	11	277	0
31/08/07	£13,610	£12,299	£1,311	£221	£28,730	£11,990	11.7	260	0
31/08/06	£12,975	£11,506	£1,469	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05	£10,905	£9,911	£993	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04	£9,993	£9,215	£778	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 18.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 26 years

www.abingdon.org.uk

common.room@abingdon.org.uk

01235521563

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Secondary schools

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Oxfordshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

402 employees
52 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Mercer's Charitable Foundation	£405,000
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington	£10,000
Mercers' School Memorial Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Abingdon School
£80,000	18/05/2023	Funding for a Mental Health and Wellbeing Coordinator delivering provisions across primary and secondary schools.
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Abingdon School
£80,000	18/05/2023	Continuation funding for the Partnership Coordinator to improve and consolidate skills of impact evaluation to meet strategic goals.
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Abingdon School
£200	03/04/2023	2023 School Prizes
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Abingdon School
£200	19/05/2022	2022 School Prizes
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Abingdon School
£200	09/06/2021	2021 School Prizes
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Abingdon School
£45,000	27/04/2021	To support disadvantaged young people in STEM subjects.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant
£10,000	17/02/2021 12	To enable Abingdon College to work with its secondary partner schools to purchase devices and associated software so that students are able to participate fully in remote learning including intensive ....more To enable Abingdon College to work with its secondary partner schools to purchase devices and associated software so that students are able to participate fully in remote learning including intensive catch up classes.
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Abingdon College
£50,000	14/12/2020 12	To support students catch-up in STEM subjects who have fallen behind due to COVID-19.
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Abingdon School
£200	02/06/2020 0	2020 - Merrett Bequest Payment for Prizes
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Abingdon School
£75,000	11/02/2020 36	Mental Health and Wellbeing Coordinator
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Abingdon School
£75,000	11/02/2020 36	Partnership Hub Coordinator
Mercers' School Memorial Trust - Grant to Abingdon School
£200	20/06/2019	2019 - Merrett Bequest payment for prizes

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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: 35-80

GLYNNE BUTT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

BENJAMIN ROBERTSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Hr

BRIONY JANE BOWERS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Deputy Head Teacher

HENRY CHARLES SCARLETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

KEVIN WILLIAM SENIOR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director

DR KATE WHEELER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant In Paediatric Oncology

HARRIET MARGARET CORLETT WOOLLARD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

JONATHAN ASPULL CARROLL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Headteacher

MARK JOHN LASCELLES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Headmaster

MICHAEL NEIL FARWELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant

PROFESSOR MICHAEL STEVENS (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Consultant Paediatric Oncologist

ROBERT ANDREW JARDINE-BROWN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

STEVEN JOHN SENSECALL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

CHARLES ROBERT LOWE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: RUPERT HOUSE SCHOOL,

MARK GREGORY BEER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeships: WEST OXFORDSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE, GLOBAL LEGAL ACTION NETWORK (GLAN),

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/09/1998, number: 1071298
Registered at Companies House on 02/09/1998, number: 03625063

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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; all on time

Main office

ABINGDON SCHOOL
PARK ROAD
ABINGDON
OX14 1DE

Objectives

(I) TO ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE NOT OLDER THAN THE AGE OF NINETEEN YEARS AT ABINGDON SCHOOL OR SUCH OTHER SCHOOL AS THE GOVERNORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; AND (II) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUPILS OF ABINGDON SCHOOL AND THE INHABITANTS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE LIFE OF SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ABINGDON SCHOOL AND JOSCA'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

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