Overall GiG Score: -4 ?
Finance Score: -13
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -5
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified

THE WOODARD CORPORATION 

The Woodard Corporation is the holding company for a group of faith schools operating in the independent sector and a sponsor of academies. Woodard is unique in that its structure includes for affiliation with maintained sector schools. Woodard schools are open to people of all faiths, and of no faith. Their aim is to provide the very best all round education of every aspect of each individual.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £10,071,000 available, equivalent to 68 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 21 years

www.woodard.co.uk

johnsherratt@woodard.co.uk

01283840120

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
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£1,085£1,771£-686£19£10,501£10,07168.274
31/08/21£1,201£2,139£-938£24£11,246£10,81460.784
31/08/20£1,005£1,462£-457£19£12,008£11,62795.499
31/08/19£1,282£1,508£-226£25£12,475£12,06996810
31/08/18£7,503£1,500£6,003£0£12,647£12,2459880
31/08/17£201,954£179,933£22,021£4,957£212,124£111,0907.43,6260
31/08/16£173,932£174,689£-757£4,874£183,663£106,1007.33,0440
31/08/15*£178,517£170,586£7,931£5,902£188,160£119,8138.43,3740
31/08/14£175,282£167,485£7,797£4,384£180,982£108,5727.83,3260
31/08/13£169,160£159,378£9,782£3,445£170,584£97,9987.43,3320
31/08/12£224,468£151,166£73,302£4,025£159,401£85,1826.83,3720
31/08/11£146,415£139,208£7,207£3,709£89,130£78,9586.83,1590
31/08/10£139,412£133,793£5,619£3,515£81,094£72,0976.53,0620
31/08/09£116,423£113,010£3,413£3,179£76,206£68,5047.32,6040
31/08/08£117,231£110,588£6,643£3,021£73,227£65,2957.12,5700
31/08/07£105,734£101,712£4,023£2,834£67,824£60,7337.22,5730
31/08/06£94,513£96,820£-2,307£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£91,816£90,116£1,699£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£86,922£82,154£4,768£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: INF%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 27%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 55%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 68.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 57 months
Quick Ratio: 8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
Who works here?
  • 7 employees
  • 4 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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: 46-76
  • JOHN INGE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Bishop
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/02/2003, number: 1096270
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/02/2003, number: 04659710
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR15: 14 days late,
Main office

WOODARD CORPORATION
HIGH STREET
ABBOTS BROMLEY
RUGELEY
STAFFORDSHIRE
WS15 3BW

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND EXTEND EDUCATION (INCLUDING SPIRITUAL, MORAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH THROUGH ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: - ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING OR OTHERWISE SUPPORTING SCHOOLS AT WHICH A FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE IS ATTACHED TO THE TEACHING OF THOSE PRINCIPLESPROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE CORPORATION.PROMOTING THE USE OF THE FACILITIES OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE CORPORATION BY THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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