Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

FOUNDATION FOR CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION

The Foundation is the overarching charity. Within it, is NICE - Centre for Movement Disorders, which provides the practice and academic bases through which we can both demonstrate and develop Conductive Education. NICE offers three types of service: Children's, Rehabilitation, Training All services meet the full requirements of appropriate Government inspection criteria
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Positives:

  • 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:

  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/24£1,185£1,048£137£117£1,019£1,00011.43820
31/07/23£889£1,001£-111£105£882£88210.63410
31/07/22£1,023£993£30£71£993£993123210
31/07/21£975£968£7£58£963£96311.93010
31/07/20?£1,077£1,029£48£80£957£520.63110
31/07/18£1,072£1,027£45£106£884£86010.1290
31/07/17£1,080£1,038£43£102£839£7999.2310
31/07/16£1,079£1,073£6£168£735£7007.8330
31/07/15£1,088£1,062£27£193£729£4525.1280
31/07/14£1,049£1,040£9£164£702£4144.8350
31/07/13£1,053£1,259£-206£137£528£2422.3360
31/07/12£1,279£1,201£79£144£734£4184.2340
31/07/11£1,081£1,183£-102£144£655£3073.1360
31/07/10£1,127£1,155£-28£133£757£4364.5360
31/07/09£958£1,234£-275£220£785£3973.9370
31/07/08£1,127£1,366£-239£218£1,735£1,0889.6380
31/07/07£1,650£1,296£353£205£1,975£1,32112.2340
31/07/06£1,110£1,235£-125n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£1,146£1,131£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04£1,121£1,288£-167n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 11.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 45%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 11.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -3 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 38 years

www.conductive-education.org.uk

foundation@conductive-education.org.uk

01214425556

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£273,165
The Foyle Foundation£75,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
BBC Children in Need£8,186
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£35,000 30/04/2024
towards therapy support costs at the special school for primary age children
National Lottery Community Fund - NICE Beginnings
£232,979 27/07/2023
This funding will be used to deliver a series of Free information workshops and learning sessions that will support families of disabled children aged 0-5 in Birmingham that are suffering from movement disorders. The project aims to improve health ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£20,000 07/02/2023
towards therapy support costs at the special school for primary age children
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£3,940 13/07/2022
Covid response
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 04/03/2022
Main Grants award
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Foundation for Conductive Education - 16/03/21
£1,250 13/04/2021
Red Boots Nursery
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£20,000 11/02/2021
towards free sessions for disabled children aged 0-3 years in NICE's Milestone Club (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Foundation for Conductive Education
£8,186 30/11/2020
This project will provide Conductive Education to children with neurological disabilities, isolated due to Covid-19. This will allow the children a safe space to access, and increase their physical wellness whilst also improving their relationships.
Cheshire Community Foundation - NICE Road to Wellbeing - adult services
£4,781 12/11/2020
NICE, the service arm of The Foundation for Conductive Education, provides direct services and training to teach children and adults with movement disabilities how to learn vital skills needed to improve their level of activity in everyday life. ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000 05/06/2020
NICE - Pre-School
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Remote Rehabilitation
£40,186 04/05/2020
5
The funding will be used to deliver regular calls with individuals at risk of social isolation group activity programmes online activities and engagement via post for people without digital access. The project provides rehabilitation services for ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£20,000 20/09/2019
towards the NICE Beginnings sessions for disabled children aged 0 to 3 years
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 14/11/2017
Milestone Club & Red Boots Nursery Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Conductive Wii-habilitation and reablement
£204,688 21/01/2014
60
_x000B_The Foundation for Conductive Education (FCE) aims to transform the lives of people and their families living with long term neurological problems including ParkinsonÂ’s, stroke, multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy. FCE do not view the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Conductive Wii-habilitation for people with Parkinson's
£68,825 08/09/2010
48
This project provides Conductive Education (CE), to people with Parkinson's. CE is a holistic system of rehabilitation that focuses on the immediate impact of the condition and also on developing people's potential. It seeks to achieve physiological ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-85
  • ANDREW MOSS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Company Director
  • ANTHONY COOMBS Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Chairman
  • ELIZABETH ROWLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Conductor
  • GRAHAM COOMBS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Company Director
  • GUV SAMRA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lawyer
  • JAYNE TITCHENER Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Ofsted Inspector
  • LES LAWRENCE Appointed: 2011, Occupation: City Councillor
  • LISA BRYAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Investment Manager
  • ROBERT HOLDEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Finance Director
  • ROGER DAVID WOOD (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • SARA COLLETT Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/02/1987, number: 295873
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/12/1986, number: 02083754
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
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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

Foundation for Conductive Education
Cannon Hill House
14 Russell Road
Moseley
BIRMINGHAM
B13 8RD

Objectives

FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND SKILL OF CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION AND ESPECIALLY THE TEACHING THEREOF.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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