Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

VILLIERS PARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST 

We are a national charity, empowering less-advantaged, bright young people to succeed and become leaders in their field through unique programmes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,853,654 available, equivalent to 32 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/08/23£1,000£1,058£-58£141£3,229£2,85432.41450
31/08/22£712£1,077£-365£172£1,479£1,10712.31820
31/08/21£1,206£1,301£-95£214£1,844£1,15810.7290
31/08/20£1,385£1,481£-96£263£1,919£1,69113.7314
31/08/19£1,788£1,921£-133£222£2,015£2,01512.61425
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 32.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 6 years

www.villierspark.org.uk

vp@villierspark.org.uk

01223872601

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 14 employees
  • 50 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Essex Community Foundation£30,000
CHK Foundation£15,000
Sussex Community Foundation£10,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Villiers Park Educational Trust
£30,000 09/03/2023
to help support an early careers and apprenticeship programme includuing a residential at Bath University, for Essex students from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds over two years
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Villiers Park Educational Trust
£10,000 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards a Future Leaders Programme in Hastings.
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£5,000 17/10/2022
to support specified work
The Shears Foundation - Villiers Park Educational Trust
£5,000 09/08/2022
Tyneside Future Leaders Programme
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£10,000 20/05/2021
unrestricted, to further the Charitable Objects
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the support of disadvantaged students studying STEM subjects in eight schools in Newcastle and North Tyneside
£10,000 23/07/2020
the support of disadvantaged students studying STEM subjects in eight schools in Newcastle and North Tyneside
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Villiers Park Educational Trust
£4,500 06/05/2020
COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in England
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - STEM Tyneside Scholars Programme.
£10,000 09/04/2019
STEM Tyneside Scholars Programme.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£225,000 27/03/2019
Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
Dulverton Trust - Scholars Programme in Norfolk
£105,000 24/10/2017
Scholars Programme in Norfolk
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Villiers Park Educational Trust
£180,000 09/12/2015
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Towards salary costs associated with a programme to enhance the academic attainment and social mobility of disadvantaged young people.
Dulverton Trust - the Scholars Programme in Hastings & Bexhill
£75,000 25/02/2014
the Scholars Programme in Hastings & Bexhill
Dulverton Trust - the Scholars Programme in Hastings & Bexhill (2012)
£25,000 13/06/2012
the Scholars Programme in Hastings & Bexhill (2012)
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Villiers Park Educational Trust
£120,000 01/12/2011
Towards the salary of the Scholars Programme manager plus project costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-76
  • ADRIAN BALL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/08/2018, number: 1179436
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/07/2018, number: 11443649
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
5 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from VILLIERS PARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST on 21/05/2019
  • Asset transfer in from THE EMMA CAMPBELL TRUST on 16/08/2021
Main office

Allia Future Business Centre
The Hive
Kings Hedges Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB4 2HY

Objectives

4.1.1 THE COMPANIES OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:4.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OR SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL COURSES, PROGRAMMES, ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; AND4.1.3 SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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