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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 7
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

ST PAUL'S GIRLS' SCHOOL 

Provision of education to girls aged 11-18 by running an academically selective school offering a stimulating and ambitious programme of study with a rich and diverse extra-curricular programme. Bursaries enable a wide range of girls to take advantage of this exceptional education. The School's values and ethos are outlined on its website http://spgs.org/about/ethos/.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
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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£23,193£22,411£782£510£54,661£36,32819.5270106
31/08/21£21,911£20,430£1,481£425£53,710£34,45920.225479
31/08/20£21,531£20,518£1,013£496£47,983£31,72918.624979
31/08/19£21,237£19,713£1,524£208£46,553£31,1391923930
31/08/18£20,840£17,885£2,955£225£44,981£30,30620.324335
31/08/17£23,709£17,004£6,705£215£40,905£27,70519.62380
31/08/16£19,188£16,998£2,190£336£32,744£20,30914.32390
31/08/15£18,061£16,085£1,976£606£30,334£19,35314.41800
31/08/14£17,078£15,509£1,569£659£27,557£17,74613.71740
31/08/13£16,320£14,770£1,550£607£25,524£16,17013.11690
31/08/12£14,881£13,979£902£629£22,282£14,68112.61610
31/08/11£14,693£13,054£1,639£617£20,852£13,68712.61600
31/08/10£12,950£11,722£1,228£501£18,200£12,45312.71530
31/08/09£12,153£11,227£926£491£16,585£11,95812.81520
31/08/08£12,945£10,254£2,691£340£13,165£11,85013.91470
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 39%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 66%
Reserves/Spending: 19.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 17 years

www.spgs.org

nicki.goodfellow@spgs.org

02076051125

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hammersmith And Fulham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 270 employees
  • 106 volunteers

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
St Paul's Schools Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Girls' School
£180,000 15/02/2024
36
Continuation Bursary Support to Benefit Students in Receipt of 100% Fee Remission
St Paul's Schools Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Girls' School
£100,000 18/05/2023
Partnership Coordinator role in tandem with the entrepreneurship programme (StartIt).
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Royal Ballet School
£140,000 27/04/2021
The Professional Skills Development Programme
St Paul's Schools Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Girls' School
£150,000 03/03/2021
36
In support of bursaries.
St Paul's Schools Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Girls' School
£75,000 28/04/2020
36
St Paul’s Girls’ School: Partnership Coordinator
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - COVID19 Rapid Response Fund Grant to St Paul's Girls' School
£10,000 03/04/2020
12
To be allocated where most needed amongst maintained schools in the West London Partnership for the purchase of IT and other educational equipment and supplies for their most disadvantaged pupils.
Staples Trust - Revenue Bursary (1988)
£5,000 29/11/2016
Towards its Revenue Bursary (1988).
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How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-73
  • LEAH MORRIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Recruitment And Diversity & Inclusion Consultant
  • CLARE HEBBES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Property Development
  • JANE RIDLEY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Professor Of History
  • LISA BARCLAY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/06/2007, number: 1119613
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/03/2007, number: 06142007
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

ST. PAULS GIRLS SCHOOL
BROOK GREEN
LONDON
W6 7BS

Objectives

1 TO PROMOTE IN GREATER LONDON THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF GIRLS AND BOYS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO CONDUCT AND MAINTAIN SCHOOLS IN OR NEAR TO GREATER LONDON FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.2 THE GOVERNORS SHALL PURSUE THE OBJECTS OF THE SCHOOL BY RUNNING A GIRLS SCHOOL AND MAY ONLY EDUCATE MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX WITH PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF AND SUBJECT TO ANY RESTRICTION IMPOSED BY THE MERCERS' COMPANY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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