Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

ST. PAUL'S STEINER SCHOOL 

We operate the St. Paul's Steiner School in the former St. Paul's Church in Islington where children are educated from the age of 3 till 14 years. The objective is to advance the education of the public based on the researches and philosophy of Rudolf Steiner.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants and contracts
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined 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£1,945£1,837£108£17£624£6194450
31/08/22£1,725£1,653£72£8£516£5083.7440
31/08/21£1,647£1,607£40£2£444£4413.3460
31/08/20£1,606£1,563£43£2£404£4013.1470
31/08/19£1,462£1,579£-117£3£361£3582.7470
31/08/18*£1,361£1,390£-30£0£478£4754.1500
31/08/17*£1,317£1,326£-9£0£508£5054.6500
31/08/16£1,349£1,270£79£0£517£5144.9370
31/08/15£1,284£1,184£101£4£438£4344.4320
31/08/14£1,223£1,148£75£4£337£3333.5320
31/08/13£1,161£1,062£99£10£263£2562.9290
31/08/12£926£891£36£1£164£1642.2250
31/08/11£835£780£55£-8£129£1292250
31/08/10£749£726£23£23£74£741.2230
31/08/09£701£691£10£49£51£510.9220
31/08/08£607£625£-17£12£41£410.8240
31/08/07£603£560£42£7£58£581.2170
31/08/06£495£497£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£414£411£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04*£336£332£4£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 46%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Established: 25 years

www.stpaulssteinerschool.org

SchoolOffice@stpaulssteinerschool.org

02072264454

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Islington,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 45 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-64
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/07/1999, number: 1076454
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/08/1998, number: 03622628
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 29 days late, AR17: 26 days late, AR04: 20 days late,
Main office

1 ST. PAULS ROAD
LONDON
N1 2QH

Objectives

3. Objects 3.1 The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit,:- 3.1.1 to promote and provide for the advancement of education of the public based upon the researches and philosophy of the late Rudolf Steiner and in connection therewith to conduct in the United Kingdom any boarding or day school or schools for the education of children in so far as is consistent with the running of such school and its charitable purposes to make the use of the premises available as an educational resource to the community; 3.1.2 to provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

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