Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 20

PORTLAND COLLEGE

Portland College is a vibrant national college for people with a wide range of disabilities. It is one of the foremost Colleges of its type providing good learning opportunities for up to 300 students aged from 16. They who come from all over the country to take advantage of Portland's excellent facilities and wide spectrum of programmes in an environment designed to meet their special needs.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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 gender

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		£16,271	£16,058	£213	£97	£13,469	£13,042	9.7	399	37
31/08/22		£13,862	£13,251	£611	£95	£13,263	£13,066	11.8	326	45
31/08/21		£12,411	£11,757	£654	£124	£12,682	£12,542	12.8	343	45
31/08/20		£10,802	£10,425	£377	£119	£11,506	£11,117	12.8	324	50
31/08/19		£10,124	£10,119	£5	£113	£10,993	£10,617	12.6	326	45
31/08/18		£9,801	£10,220	£-419	£107	£11,046	£10,421	12.2	428	0
31/08/17		£10,336	£10,177	£159	£109	£10,780	£10,233	12.1	374	0
31/08/16		£9,270	£9,575	£-305	£82	£9,826	£9,497	11.9	356	0
31/08/15		£9,812	£11,011	£-1,199	£387	£11,916	£11,545	12.6	334	0
31/08/14		£10,018	£10,569	£-551	£378	£13,356	£13,001	14.8	347	0
31/08/13		£10,794	£10,245	£549	£349	£14,159	£13,800	16.2	323	0
31/08/12		£9,361	£9,448	£-87	£343	£12,825	£12,524	15.9	297	0
31/08/11		£9,213	£8,973	£240	£358	£14,132	£13,781	18.4	283	0
31/08/10		£9,960	£9,290	£670	£339	£13,127	£12,721	16.4	297	0
31/08/09		£9,861	£9,614	£247	£325	£12,741	£12,312	15.4	302	0
31/08/08		£10,596	£9,076	£1,520	£370	£13,685	£13,212	17.5	286	0
31/08/07		£9,210	£8,693	£517	£350	£11,767	£11,609	16	279	0
31/08/06		£10,539	£8,479	£2,060	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05	*	£8,590	£8,115	£475	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04	*	£8,534	£7,905	£630	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 9.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3

Asset Split ?

Established: 61 years
(78 years as a company)

www.portland.ac.uk

college@portland.ac.uk

01623499101

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Other education services

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

399 employees
37 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£375,311
Garfield Weston Foundation	£150,000
Sport England	£100,000
Wolfson Foundation	£50,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Portland Pathways @ Newark
£112,500	17/02/2023	This funding will be used to support local people with disabilities and learning needs through employment and mental health and wellbeing support in Newark-on-Trent. The project aims to develop ....more This funding will be used to support local people with disabilities and learning needs through employment and mental health and wellbeing support in Newark-on-Trent. The project aims to develop communication and presentation skills reduce social isolation and prepare beneficiaries for the workplace.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Portland College
£50,000	07/12/2022	Construction of a manufacturing trade centre providing training to students with disabilities aged 16-25
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Portland College
£4,000	30/11/2022	Grant uplift 'Cost of Living crisis': construction of a building for a charity supporting people with disabilties in Nottinghamshire
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Portland College
£40,000	24/05/2022	construction of a building for a charity supporting people with disabilties in Nottinghamshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Transportation Programme
£6,072	04/02/2022	The funding will be used to run a pilot volunteer transportation programme to enable people with disabilities local community organisations and other marginalised groups to access the college’s ....more The funding will be used to run a pilot volunteer transportation programme to enable people with disabilities local community organisations and other marginalised groups to access the college’s facilities and offsite hubs. The project aims to improve the health and wellbeing independence and social skills for disabled communities across the region.
National Lottery Community Fund - Portland Pathways Worksop
£106,739	30/09/2021	The funding will be used to support people with disabilities and/or mental illness through employment support. The group hopes to address employment concerns and support those who are experiencing ....more The funding will be used to support people with disabilities and/or mental illness through employment support. The group hopes to address employment concerns and support those who are experiencing health and wellbeing challenges such as anxieties related to working environments limited social mobility isolation and low confidence.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000	25/06/2021	Portland College Newstart Creative Arts and Sports Facility Centre of Excellence
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Portland College
£10,000	19/12/2020	This project will deliver outdoor and woodland activities to children and young people with disabilities in Nottinghamshire. The activities will result in improved physical wellbeing, increased life ....more This project will deliver outdoor and woodland activities to children and young people with disabilities in Nottinghamshire. The activities will result in improved physical wellbeing, increased life skills and independence.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Portland College
£2,536	24/10/2020	We would like funding for our new Woodland Adventure Zone, a fully accessible forest adventure area.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£100,000	07/02/2020	Newstart Creative Arts and Sports
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£5,000	09/01/2020	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Sport England - Sportshall refurbishment
£100,000	23/12/2019 6	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Sportshall refurbishment. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with ....more Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Sportshall refurbishment. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Portland Pathways
£150,000	17/10/2019 58	The project will address the disability employment gap in the Mansfield and Ashfield area by providing tailored support to disabled people who are unemployed. It will specifically focus on those ....more The project will address the disability employment gap in the Mansfield and Ashfield area by providing tailored support to disabled people who are unemployed. It will specifically focus on those experiencing mental health issues, which create barriers to employment, education or self-development. Community hubs will be developed, where course participants will be offered a bespoke mix of mental health and employability support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Woodland Adventure Activities Supervisor
£9,852	03/05/2019 12	The funding will be used to employ an outdoor activities supervisor for young people with disabilities and learning difficulties. The project aims to provide supervision and support to those ....more The funding will be used to employ an outdoor activities supervisor for young people with disabilities and learning difficulties. The project aims to provide supervision and support to those accessing the facility.
Sport England - Building of Zip Wire and Climbing Wall
£30,000	23/05/2018 22	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Building of Zip Wire and Climbing Wall. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-71

DIANNE MAUREEN JACKSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Accountant

JOE BUTLER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Education Consultant

MARGARET JUNE MURRAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired College Principal

DR DAWN ELIZABETH GREEN (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Educational Senior Leader

MARK BRIGGS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Manager

PETER ARTHUR EMERSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

SARAH EGLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Head Of Quality Governance/ Nurse

STEPHEN JACKSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retirred

AMANDA MARGARET FARR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Clinical Lead Mental Health Services, Other trusteeship: THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY,

PROFESSOR DEAN HARRY FATHERS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chairman, Other trusteeship: CARE AFTER COMBAT,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/03/1963, number: 214339
Registered at Companies House on 12/04/1946, number: 00408340

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission
Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

20 returns made; AR05: 6 days late, AR04: 613 days late,

Main office

PORTLAND COLLEGE
NOTTINGHAM ROAD
MANSFIELD
NG18 4TJ

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AND PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES BY ANY AND EVERY MEANS INCLUDING ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. ASSESSING THEIR SPECIFIC LEARNING AND SUPPORT NEEDS; 2. FACILITATING LEARNING AND TRAINING IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO AID PROGRESS TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THEIR LIFE GOALS; 3. PROMOTING THEIR INDEPENDENCE, SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND THEIR CAPACITY FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITIES; 4. PROVIDING APPROPRIATE RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER ACCOMMODATION TO MEET THEIR PERSONAL CARE NEEDS; 5. PROMOTING AND ORGANISING SPORTING, LEISURE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS FOR THEM; 6. PROMOTING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; AND 7. TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES AS WILL SUPPORT AND FACILITATE THE ABOVE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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