Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 0

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 3

FRIENDS OF FOLKESTONE ACADEMY LTD

The charity's principal activity is to advance for the public benefit, education in the United Kingdom, in particular, supporting the aims and objectives of Folkestone Academy.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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
31/01/23		£218	£191	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/22		£219	£40	£179	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/21		£196	£159	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/20		£204	£95	£109	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/19		£188	£90	£98	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/18		£178	£78	£100	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/01/17		£162	£118	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/01/16		£136	£47	£89	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/01/15		£465	£49	£416	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/01/14	*	£768	£134	£634	£86	£2,248	£2,117	189.6	1
31/01/13		£86	£102	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/01/12		£84	£82	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/01/11		£71	£54	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/01/10		£578	£114	£464	£86	£1,428	£1,428	150.3	1
31/01/09		£133	£23	£110	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/01/08		£42	£8	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/01/07		£43	£9	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/01/06		£130	£1	£129	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/01/05		£584	£8	£576	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

01303817543

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

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

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-77

TRACY LUKE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Director

AM'E LEIGH MORIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Headteacher

LOUISA HOPE COPPINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

GRAHAM BADMAN CBE, Occupation: Director

MICHAEL PEARCE Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Civil Servant

SIR ROGER DE HAAN CBE DL (Chair), Other trusteeships: THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST, CREATIVE FOLKESTONE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/04/2004, number: 1103352
Registered at Companies House on 16/01/2004, number: 05017884

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR14: 118 days late,

Main office

Strand House
Pilgrims Way
Monks Horton
ASHFORD
TN25 6DR

Objectives

The objects of the Charity are:(a) the advancement for the public benefit of education in the United Kingdom including, without limitation, to further in whatever manner and by whatever means the aims, objects, activities and enterprises of the schools currently known as Folkestone Academy and Folkestone Primary Academy whose principal premises are situated at Academy Lane, Folkestone, CT19 5FP ('Folkestone Academy');(b) the relief of unemployment for the public benefit in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment;(c) the provision of facilities, in the interests of social welfare, for recreation and other leisure time occupation with the object of improving conditions of life, in particular for the inhabitants of South East Kent; and(d) the furthering of such other charitable purposes as the Trustees shall think fit;(together the 'Objects').

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTH-EAST KENT

Data Sources