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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

ABLAZE A BUSINESS LEARNING ACTION ZONE FOR EDUCATION

Projects designed to improve aspiration, achievement and attainment in schools
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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 £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£185£203£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£138£176£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£133£152£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£143£157£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£219£160£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£165£133£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£150£109£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£144£118£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£85£89£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£79£90£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£75£95£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£142£132£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£113£155£-42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£119£160£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£174£152£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/08£180£162£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07*£131£91£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06*£131£91£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.ablazebristol.org

enquiries@ablazebristol.org

07467225034

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
Quartet Community Foundation£11,000
Woodward Charitable Trust£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£3,000 15/03/2024
Core costs
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to ABLAZE
£5,000 09/02/2024
12
Project and Programme Management costs for development and delivery of programmes which support young people's employability through mentoring.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to ABLAZE
£1,000 19/10/2023
As requested by the donor towards reading projects for local schools.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to ABLAZE
£5,000 09/03/2023
To provide mentoring for young people in schools to deliver key skills including reading, employability and careers skills.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 17/02/2023
Ablaze Career Mentoring
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 03/12/2021
Ablaze Mentoring in Primary and Secondary Schools
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 18/06/2019
Core costs
OVO Foundation - It's Right to Write
£3,400 02/03/2018
This grant was used to fund a writing course which was delivered over five workshops for 20 pupils. The course was delivered in Woodlands Academy which is one of OVO's partner schools in Bristol
OVO Foundation - Secondary school mentoring
£4,300 18/09/2017
This grant was used to support the delivery of WEM's Group Mentoring programme. Through this programme, OVO employees mentored secondary students from local schools in Bristol.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to ABLAZE
£4,980 02/12/2016
Towards the cost of running the Book Worms programme that enables 11-13 year olds to increase their literacy skills with 1-2-1 help from volunteers.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-58
  • ASHLEY JOHN REGINALD DANIELLS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Associate Lawyer
  • JULIA SIAN THOMAS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Human Resources
  • MARTIN CRAIG JONES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Solicitor
  • RICHARD STOKES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Culture & Inclusion Manager
  • SHAWNETT MORGAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Teacher
  • SIMON RUPERT JOHN WILKS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: It Business Development Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/08/2005, number: 1110956
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/03/2005, number: 05385880
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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR07: 35 days late, AR06: 130 days late,
Main office

c/o TLT LLP
One Redcliff Street
BRISTOL
BS1 6TP

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE, BY CREATING, DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN EDUCATION, BUSINESS AND THE PUBLIC SECTORS, THEREBY RAISING THE EQUITY AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION AND THE ASPIRATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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