Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

PRINCES MEAD SCHOOL TRUST 

Prince's Mead is an independent co-educational prep school for children from 3 to 11 years.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available

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
31/08/22£4,263£3,871£391£0£5,465£5,46516.9620
31/08/21£3,645£3,472£173£8£5,073£5,07317.56425
31/08/20£3,096£3,183£-88£20£4,899£4,88018.46825
31/08/19£3,204£3,093£111£16£4,989£4,98919.47620
31/08/18*£3,550£3,110£440£0£4,878£4,87818.88320
31/08/17£3,341£3,208£133£0£4,440£4,44016.6760
31/08/16£3,336£3,037£299£0£4,305£4,30517820
31/08/15£3,547£3,121£427£12£4,007£4,00715.4520
31/08/14£3,492£3,011£481£13£3,581£3,58114.3520
31/08/13£3,069£2,830£239£10£3,099£3,09913.1520
31/08/12£2,848£2,714£134£12£2,860£2,86012.6500
31/08/11£2,461£2,312£149£11£2,727£2,72714.2470
31/08/10£2,217£2,120£97£16£2,580£2,58014.6470
31/08/09£2,098£2,092£6£9£2,484£2,48414.3500
31/08/08£2,101£2,100£0£65£2,478£2,47814.2520
31/08/07£2,033£1,984£49£22£2,481£2,48115480
31/08/06£2,149£2,057£92£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£2,001£1,769£233£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04*£1,873£1,675£198£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 45%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 16.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 40 years

www.princesmeadschool.org.uk

admin@princesmeadschool.org.uk

01962888000

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 62 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 25-70
  • KEEYA SAUND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Wellbeing Practitioner
  • SARAH TICE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Bishop'S Pa
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/02/1984, number: 288675
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/01/1984, number: 01785733
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 44 days late, AR04: 13 days late,
Main office

WORTHY PARK HOUSE
KINGS WORTHY
WINCHESTER
HAMPSHIRE
SO21 1AN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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