Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

MARY WARD SETTLEMENT 

The advancement of public education
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £12,458,000 available, equivalent to 30 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • 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
31/07/23£5,065£5,064£1£62£12,467£12,45829.514810
31/07/22£5,250£5,378£-128£56£11,800£11,79126.31890
31/07/21£5,313£5,317£-4£54£9,708£901590
31/07/20£5,433£5,798£-365£58£9,451£1102030
31/07/19£5,463£5,946£-483£78£10,653£10,63921.52100
31/07/18*£9,231£5,295£3,936£79£11,193£11,17825.3880
31/07/17£4,634£4,565£69£65£3,852£3,83510.11910
31/07/16£4,587£4,675£-88£57£3,281£3,2628.4850
31/07/15£4,630£4,635£-5£59£4,381£4,37711.3850
31/07/14£3,531£3,656£-125£34£4,339£4,33514.2650
31/07/13£4,775£4,809£-34£53£4,868£4,86412.1810
31/07/12£5,027£4,950£77£56£4,542£3,0687.4790
31/07/11£4,870£4,880£-10£51£4,881£3,3468.2860
31/07/10£4,676£4,690£-13£49£3,075£3,0657.8890
31/07/09£4,547£4,726£-179£50£3,291£2,8437.2900
31/07/08£4,619£4,808£-189£29£3,900£3,4048.5960
31/07/07£4,517£4,206£311£39£4,346£3,81010.9940
31/07/06£2,818£2,813£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£2,837£2,753£83£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£2,630£2,528£102£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 57%
Liabilities/Income: 332%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 29.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 61 years
(128 years as a company)

http://www.marywardcentre.ac.uk

mwenquiries@marywardcentre.ac.uk

02072696334

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Camden, Newham, Southwark,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 148 employees
  • 10 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
London Marathon Charitable Trust£147,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£75,000
City Bridge Trust£25,824
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Mary Ward Settlement
£75,000 25/06/2020
refurbishment of specialist arts facilities for a charity that works with people with disabilities in London
City Bridge Trust - Grant to The Mary Ward Centre
£25,824 22/05/2020
A grant of £25,824 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Activity and wellbeing for under-represented groups in East London, and beyond
£147,000 11/03/2020
Towards a dedicated teaching room for finess activities and a flexible dance/performance space at Queensway house in Stratford where this unique adult centre offering affordable and accessible ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Looking East: Community Arts project
£4,800 22/02/2019
12
The project will deliver a series of arts and cultural activities for women facing multiple issues. The aim is to encourage the support and building of new social relationships through shared ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/07/1963, number: 223066
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/12/1895, number: 00046188
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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; AR18: 10 days late,
Main office

Mary Ward Centre
Queensway House
275-285 High Street
LONDON
E15 2TF

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL SERVICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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