Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

WATFORD SHELTERED WORKSHOP LIMITED

Providing supported work experience and skills training to people who are disabled or disadvantaged, enabling them to contribute to the community and where possible progress into unsupported employment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 £2,028,063 available, equivalent to 27 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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£2,489£909£1,580£0£2,453£2,02826.84813
31/03/22£768£780£-13£0£623£5518.5476
31/03/21£966£694£272£0£636£5389.3459
31/03/20£820£755£65£0£363£2704.34510
31/03/19£606£542£64£0£298£22753910
31/03/18£529£483£46£0£234£2255.6370
31/03/17£510£517£-7£0£188£1884.4380
31/03/16£422£413£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£392£386£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£399£412£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£460£407£53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£336£297£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£271£291£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£256£287£-32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£296£283£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£326£332£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£310£294£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£271£240£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£282£238£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£237£247£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 26.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 32 months
Quick Ratio: 23.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 58 years
(61 years as a company)

www.watfordworkshop.co.uk

enquiries@watfordworkshop.co.uk

01923220256

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Buckinghamshire, Harrow, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon,
Who it helps
  • 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
Hertfordshire Community Foundation£107,663
Garfield Weston Foundation£85,000
Wolfson Foundation£47,500
National Lottery Community Fund£8,560
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Watford Sheltered Workshop
£47,500 06/12/2023
Installation of a mezzanine floor to expand workshop space providing employment and skills training to adults with disabilities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Watford Workshop
£2,561 21/10/2023
We will provide vital work skills and life skills training to people with disabilities who sit far from the employment market and financial independence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Watford Workshop King's Coronation Celebration
£1,100 17/03/2023
The funding will be used to host a party to celebrate the King's Coronation within a workshop that supports disabled service users. The project aims to bring the workforce staff volunteers and service users' families together.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 03/03/2023
24
No Ordinary Workplace - a project to assist people with disability to work and be educated in the community.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - No Ordinary Workplace
£5,000 09/06/2022
5
Grant to Watford Sheltered Workshop Ltd
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£2,190 04/05/2022
Covid response
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Safety and Crime Prevention
£5,000 01/03/2022
Grant to Watford Sheltered Workshop Ltd
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Springboard to employability, wellbeing and friendship
£68,663 12/01/2022
Grant to Watford Sheltered Workshop Ltd
WCIT Charity - Grant to Watford Sheltered Workshop
£3,000 24/11/2021
Funding for providing basic IT training and online safety to learning disabled beneficiaries.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Watford Workshop
£1,161 23/10/2021
We will provide employment and work skills training to adults with disabilities who now, more than ever, face an extremely difficult route into employment.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Watford Sheltered Workshop Limited - 22/06/21
£1,500 07/07/2021
Core Funding
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - No Ordinary Workplace - Preparing you for life
£5,000 15/06/2021
Grant to Watford Sheltered Workshop Ltd
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Watford Sheltered Workshop Ltd
£14,000 29/03/2021
PPE; social contact; support against loneliness; help and advice
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Watford Workshop Covid-19 Relief
£5,000 25/09/2020
Grant to Watford Sheltered Workshop Ltd
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 24/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Watford Workshop -Covid -19 support project
£7,460 29/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to provide telephone and video support to people with disabilities and complex needs currently isolated at home. The project aims to use positive communication around health needs and anxieties faced during isolation.
CAF - Grant to Watford Workshop
£5,000 12/05/2020
3
Grant to Watford Workshop to support the organisation through COVID19
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Watford Workshop Covid-19 Relief
£5,000 14/04/2020
Grant to Watford Sheltered Workshop Ltd
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£45,000 07/02/2020
36
No Ordinary Workplace - Preparing for life
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Watford Workshop
£2,560 10/12/2019
To purchase ergonomic chairs and footrests for adults with disabilities.
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Dealing with Emergencies and Crime Prevention Training
£5,000 21/11/2018
11
Grant to Watford Sheltered Workshop
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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: 26-81
  • DR PARUL KARIA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor
  • GILLIAN FRANCES BUTTON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: County Councillor
  • JONAH SOLOMONS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Student
  • MICHELLE AYLWARD-JONES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • NATALIE KREEGER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • PAUL ANTHONY TRAINOR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Insurance Broker
  • RONNIE JACOB Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • SARAH EDWARDS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Health And Safety Manager
  • TIMOTHY JAMES WILLIAMS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Credit Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/08/1966, number: 229947
  • Registered at Companies House on 18/03/1963, number: 00753764
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

WATFORD SHELTERED WORKSHOP LTD
CENTURY PARK
DALTON WAY
WATFORD
WD17 2SF

Objectives

TO ASSIST BY THE PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND RELIEF OF PERSONS IN HERTFORDSHIRE WHO BY REASON OF PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY ARE PERMANENTLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY HANDICAPPED AND ARE INCAPABLE OF OBTAINING NORMAL EMPLOYMENT. (FOR DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES).

Defined Area of Benefit:

HERFORDSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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