Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 4

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Static board: -3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -6

ACADEMY FM FOLKESTONE

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF FOLKESTONE ACADEMY STUDENTS (& SUCH OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME) & INHABITANTS OF FOLKESTONE AREA IN COMMUNICATION, BROADCASTING & OTHER MEDIA SKILLS & TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CITIZENSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT OF FOLKESTONE & SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY RADIO STATION.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely female
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/03/23	*	£81	£122	£-42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22		£131	£117	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£100	£100	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£126	£114	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£119	£117	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/18	*	£112	£121	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£167	£141	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£167	£141	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£131	£120	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£104	£101	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£80	£92	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£62	£79	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£133	£58	£75	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 14 years

www.academyfmfolkestone.com

01303 842400

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Folkestone Matters
£7,849	28/10/2021	The funding will be used to train community reporters for a local community radio station. The project aims to build relationships across the community by linking people together through local ....more The funding will be used to train community reporters for a local community radio station. The project aims to build relationships across the community by linking people together through local broadcasting.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,286	31/07/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Understanding Mental Health
£7,604	11/04/2019 12	The organisation will use funding to train young people and adults to produce radio features about mental health. The project aims to raise awareness of poor mental health among you people to improve ....more The organisation will use funding to train young people and adults to produce radio features about mental health. The project aims to raise awareness of poor mental health among you people to improve well-being.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Academy FM Folkestone
£33,500	20/03/2019	Folkestone & Hythe during World War 2
Tudor Trust - Grant to Academy FM Folkestone
£30,000	11/05/2018 24	over two years as continuation funding towards core salaries at a community radio station in Folkestone
Tudor Trust - Grant to Academy FM Folkestone
£30,000	28/01/2016 24	over two years towards the core costs of an organisation which engages with the community through its community radio station and other community projects in Folkestone, Kent

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-77

GABRIELLE WILSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Executive

KATY TIBBLES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Careers Leader

JOANNA NOLAN CEO Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Managing Director, Other trusteeship: SHAPESHIFTER PRODUCTIONS LTD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/08/2010, number: 1137248
Registered at Companies House on 20/03/2009, number: 06854359

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR23: 92 days late, AR18: 2 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 13 days late,

Main office

c/o The Folkestone Academy
Academy Lane
FOLKESTONE
Kent
CT19 5FP

Objectives

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS OF THE FOLKESTONE ACADEMY (AND SUCH OTHEREDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME) AND THEINHABITANTS OF FOLKESTONE AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN RADIO COMMUNICATION,PRODUCTION AND BROADCASTING AND OTHER MEDIA SKILLS; AND(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH RADIO BROADCASTS ON SUCH TOPICSTHAT FURTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE, INCLUDING, BUT NOTLIMITED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SUCH OTHERPURPOSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE AND ANY NEW CHARITABLEPURPOSES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

FOLKESTONE

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