Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE BISHOP'S STORTFORD HIGH SCHOOL MITRE FUND 

The Principal objectives of the Charity is to ' Advance the education of the Pupil's at The Bishop's Stortford High School by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for education at the school. Activity continue to develop generating both funds and Public Awareness of the Charity led by volunteer Fundraising.Registered charities with opening balance £62,660 raised previously
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£41£55£-15n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/22£66£0£66n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£21£18£3n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/20*£28£35£-7n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/19£22£45£-23n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/18£16£0£16£0£0£0NAN00
31/03/17£14£4£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£15£14£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£13£20£-6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.tbshs.org

office@tbshs.org

01279868686

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Where it operates
  • Essex, Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 60 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/02/2014, number: 1155759
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR20: 4 days late, AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

LONDON ROAD
BISHOP'S STORTFORD
HERTS
CM23 3LU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT THE BISHOP'S STORTFORD HIGH SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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