Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

OSWESTRY SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL TRUST 

Invested income used to make educational grants
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Established: 23 years

bursar@oswestryschool.com

01691655711

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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*£5£0£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/21£5£0£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/20*£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/19£5£1£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/18*£6£1£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17*£4£1£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16*£5£3£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£5£1£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14*£4£22£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£3£8£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12*£2£41£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11*£4£9£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£7£10£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£7£5£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08*£9£4£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07£8£4£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06£7£0£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05?£4£0£4£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/04*£5£4£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Shropshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/01/2001, number: 1084603
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 2 days late, AR20: 177 days late, AR18: 10 days late, AR17: 18 days late, AR16: 25 days late, AR14: 14 days late, AR12: 43 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR04: 10 days late,
Main office

Oswestry School
Upper Brook Street
Oswestry
SY11 2TL

Objectives

A MEMORIAL FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO FROM TIME TO TIME RECEIVED THEIR EDUCATION OR A PORTION THEREOF AT THE OSWESTRY SCHOOL WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918 OR WHO OTHERWISE DIED IN SUCH WAR IN THE SERVICE OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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