Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

BISHOPSLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST 

The provision of postgraduate training in the fine and the applied arts and crafts to persons who are in financial need and the assistance in the establishment of such persons as artists craftsmen and designers. In furtherance of these objects it provides a postgraduate course in silversmithing and jewellery for recent graduates.The charity seeks to be a centre of excellence.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
30/09/23£241£259£-17n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/22£216£218£-2n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/09/21£358£199£159n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/09/20£178£209£-31n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/09/19£291£305£-13n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/09/18£264£234£31£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£196£191£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£134£159£-24£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£179£143£36£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£299£171£128£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£227£167£60£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£207£112£95£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£81£104£-23£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10*£89£91£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£106£75£31£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£74£63£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07*£83£70£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06*£72£51£21£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£63£57£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£45£39£6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

www.bishopsland.org.uk

c.murdoch@bishopsland.org.uk

07557994732

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000 11/09/2019
Training Talented Emerging Siversmiths and Jewellers 2018/19
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£12,000 18/06/2018
Training Talented Emerging Silversmiths 2017/18
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation - Grant to Bishopsland Educational Trust
£15,000 22/07/2015
Residential induction course for self-employed in British silversmithing.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-62
  • KARIN PAYNTER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Applied Arts Consultant
  • REBECCA KIRK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Product Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/08/2002, number: 1093301
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/02/2001, number: 04156143
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR10: 24 days late, AR07: 45 days late, AR06: 91 days late,
Main office

Lee Bolton Monier Williams
Bishopsland Educational Trust
1 The Sanctuary
London
SW1P 3JT

Objectives

SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN THE FINE AND APPLIED ARTS AND CRAFTS TO PERSONS WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED AND THE ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH PERSONS AS CRAFTSMEN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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