Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

STRODE PARK FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

To provide care and support to meet the changing and individual needs of people with disabilities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£11,835£12,118£-283£290£6,647£6,4846.431048
31/03/22£11,964£11,295£669£346£5,951£5,7716.136466
31/03/21£11,738£10,927£811£190£5,113£4,9185.438360
?31/03/20£10,396£10,444£-49£250£4,318£4,1564.840470
31/03/19£9,709£9,343£365£182£3,775£3,5104.5391104
31/03/18£8,485£8,465£19£180£3,307£3,0734.43630
31/03/17£8,259£8,094£165£29£3,239£3,0094.53540
31/03/16£8,134£8,123£11£31£3,802£3,5825.33610
31/03/15£7,966£7,920£46£250£4,665£4,2596.53530
31/03/14£8,109£7,876£233£214£4,489£3,4115.23480
31/03/13£6,197£6,173£24£220£4,261£3,1856.22940
31/03/12£6,366£6,177£189£227£4,235£3,1456.12950
31/03/11£5,082£4,959£123£206£3,503£2,5026.12400
31/03/10£5,053£4,911£142£236£3,333£2,3715.82300
31/03/09£4,378£4,355£23£221£3,192£2,2046.11810
31/03/08*£4,415£4,320£95£205£3,168£2,17261640
31/03/07£3,625£3,478£148£193£3,073£2,0657.11450
31/03/06£3,430£3,130£300n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£3,099£2,890£209n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£2,889£2,849£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 6.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 62 years
(78 years as a company)

www.strodepark.org.uk

info@strodepark.org.uk

01227373292

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£100,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,587
Co-Operative Group£2,856
Masonic Trust£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£2,000 17/07/2023
A specialist table that is accessible to those in a wheelchair.
National Lottery Community Fund - ACE Queen's Platinum Jubilee Proms in the Park
£4,039 22/04/2022
The funding will be used to host a Jubilee event for the community. The project aims to bring the community together.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Strode Park Foundation
£2,856 24/10/2020
We would like to improve our on-site theatre so that people with disabilities are able to perform on the stage and enjoy our productions.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 29/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Bed turning system to support the impact of Coronavirus
£6,548 22/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to purchase a patient bed turning system for care residents living with disabilities. The project aims to reduce the level of care staff interaction for those who are high risk during the coronavirus pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 25/09/2018
Footprints 'Space to Play' project
Masonic Trust - Footprints Sensory and Soft Play Room
£24,000 18/10/2017
Sensory and soft play room for children with complex disabilities and life-limiting conditions.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 53-73
  • ADRIAN HYNER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • BELINDA CLAYSON Appointed: 2024
  • DAWN ALLAWAY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • DR PAUL GARROD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Gp
  • GRAHAM WALLDEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • NICHOLAS WELLS (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • PATRICIA UNWIN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • RUSSELL CLARK Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Architect
  • SARAH TOMS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/01/1963, number: 227794
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/04/1946, number: 00407697
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • 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; AR08: 35 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from EPILEPSY HERE ( HELP, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR EPILEPSY ) on 05/10/2022
  • Asset transfer in from THE FRIENDS OF STRODE PARK on 05/11/2024
Main office

STRODE PARK HOUSE
HERNE
HERNE BAY
KENT
CT6 7NE

Objectives

TO PROVIDE A HOME FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND TREATMENT FOR PERSONS TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY DISABLED. HOUSING AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR SAME AND REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT BY INSTRUCTION IN TRADES AND CRAFTS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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