Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 7

Support Score: 7

Poor Liquidity: -1
Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 12

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION MOVEMENT

Christian Education publishes Bible Reading Notes and other Christian books for distribution all over the World. RE Today is a trading name of Christian Education and provides resources, training and consultancy on all aspects of Religious Education for teachers of Religious Education to pupils aged 5-18.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £92,257 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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	£1,643	£1,906	£-264	£23	£853	£-92	-0.6	23	35
31/08/22	£1,733	£1,591	£142	£23	£1,129	£-10	-0.1	23	35
31/08/21	£1,605	£1,503	£103	£30	£1,018	£122	1	22	33
31/08/20	£1,519	£1,494	£25	£31	£816	£88	0.7	21	33
31/08/19	£1,302	£1,517	£-215	£34	£778	£302	2.4	20	38
31/08/18	£1,182	£1,462	£-280	£36	£985	£401	3.3	18	0
31/08/17	£1,442	£1,544	£-102	£33	£1,213	£665	5.2	18	0
31/08/16	£2,021	£1,746	£275	£23	£1,253	£590	4.1	16	0
31/08/15	£1,229	£1,308	£-79	£49	£915	£241	2.2	17	0
31/08/14	£1,052	£1,450	£-398	£41	£1,018	£429	3.5	14	0
31/08/13	£950	£988	£-38	£32	£1,352	£816	9.9	13	0
31/08/12	£804	£895	£-90	£13	£1,326	£832	11.2	13	0
31/08/11	£980	£956	£24	£29	£1,424	£942	11.8	14	0
31/08/10	£1,114	£1,149	£-35	£30	£1,400	£979	10.2	13	0
31/08/09	£1,174	£1,187	£-13	£38	£1,435	£1,029	10.4	16	0
31/08/08	£1,218	£1,033	£185	£35	£1,448	£1,014	11.8	13	0
31/08/07	£1,061	£1,024	£37	£38	£1,263	£791	9.3	14	0
31/08/06	£908	£857	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/05	£1,187	£1,074	£113	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/04	£937	£1,011	£-73	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -11%
Reserves/Spending: -0.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 23 years

shop.christianeducation.org.uk

zoe.keens@christianeducation.org.uk

01214583313

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian religious associations

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Culham St Gabriel's Trust	£128,975
Henry Smith Charity	£50,000
The Jerusalem Trust	£17,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Strategic funding award
£1,500	03/07/2024	to enable teachers to attend meetings with high level officials, Ofsted, Ofqual and so on
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Strategic funding award
£1,500	01/09/2023	To enable teachers (or another educational professional approved by the NATRE CEO and Chair or Vice Chair of NATRE) to attend essential meetings with the DfE, Ofsted, other regional or national conversation or stakeholder events (otherwise known as ....more To enable teachers (or another educational professional approved by the NATRE CEO and Chair or Vice Chair of NATRE) to attend essential meetings with the DfE, Ofsted, other regional or national conversation or stakeholder events (otherwise known as the NATRE Leadership Fund)
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Strategic funding award
£13,960	01/09/2023 36	To enable the chair to fulfil their role effectively £13,960 over three years
The Jerusalem Trust - Cost of Living Uplift Grant
£17,000	30/06/2023 12	Evangelism and Christian mission
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Strategic funding award
£1,000	01/09/2022	To enable teachers to attend meetings with high level officials, Ofsted, Ofqual and so on
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Strategic funding award
£45,000	01/09/2021	RE Today Services who will hold the budget and oversee operations for a reimagined infrastructure project managed by a newly formed steering group representing all the main RE organisations
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Strategic funding award
£12,000	01/09/2021 36	To enable the chair to fulfil her role effectively £12,000 over three years (£4K per year beginning in April 2021 paid to NATRE/Chair’s school to release her)
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Strategic funding award
£1,000	01/09/2021	To enable teachers to attend meetings with high level officials, Ofsted, Ofqual and so on
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to RE Today Services
£50,000	18/06/2020 24	towards two years' running costs of a project to support the national roll-out of the 'Understanding Christianity' resource to community schools across England
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - A National RE Curriculum Symposium
£8,300	04/06/2020	The project aims to create resources for other teachers to use after the event
Culham St Gabriel's Trust - Understanding Islam
£44,715	29/11/2019	The research and planning phase for Understanding Islam (provisional title). This includes initial drafting of the resource, trials in schools and the setting up of a theological advisory group including scholars from a range of Muslim communities ....more The research and planning phase for Understanding Islam (provisional title). This includes initial drafting of the resource, trials in schools and the setting up of a theological advisory group including scholars from a range of Muslim communities and academic institutions.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-70

CAROLE GALLANT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Managing Director

CAROLINE BRIDGET L'ESTRANGE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

DAVID JAMES LEGRAND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: School Teacher

DEREK CHARLES RICHARD HOLLOWAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

PHILIP LEIVERS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: School Adviser

PAMELA DIANA DRAYCOTT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Educational Consultant

REV ANDREW MARK JAMES HAVILAND Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Chaplain

SUSAN MORAG LESLIE Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Teaching Fellow

STEPHEN ANDREW BOTHAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/06/2001, number: 1086990
Registered at Companies House on 02/04/2001, number: 04192501

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints 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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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; all on time

Main office

Suite 5-6
1 Devon Way
BIRMINGHAM
B31 2TS

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROMOTING LIFELONG LEARNING IN RELIGION AND FAITH FOR ALL, AS A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE WELL BEING OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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