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Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +0
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

FERRING COUNTRY CENTRE LIMITED 

Day Care Centre for adults with Learning Disabilities, allowing a work type environment incorporating a Riding Therapy Unit, Garden Centre, Small Animal farm and catering unit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
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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
31/12/22£1,905£1,979£-74£1£3,393£3,35220.35285
31/12/21£1,797£1,775£22£0£3,467£3,42723.26882
31/12/20£1,427£1,413£14£1£3,445£3,40828.95540
31/12/19£1,776£1,500£276£1£3,431£3,377275866
31/12/18£1,422£1,351£71£3£3,155£3,02726.949122
31/12/17£1,193£1,076£118£2£3,084£3,04133.9440
31/12/16£1,220£939£281£6£2,966£2,91337.2250
31/12/15£1,262£947£315£10£2,685£2,61333.1250
31/12/14£1,159£900£259£11£2,370£2,33231.1200
31/12/13£1,089£815£274£9£2,111£2,01429.7200
31/12/12£1,015£714£301£12£1,838£1,76529.7180
31/12/11£896£664£233£15£1,536£1,50627.2150
31/12/10£811£640£171£14£1,304£1,28024140
31/12/09£692£584£108£221£1,133£90918.7170
31/12/08£552£530£22£172£1,025£82518.7160
31/12/07£579£513£66£180£1,003£79518.6180
31/12/06£513£548£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05?£398£396£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£625£492£133£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 20.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 6.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 37 years

www.ferringcountrycentre.org

hannah.tombs@ferringcountrycentre.org

01903245078

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 52 employees
  • 85 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ferring Country Centre
£9,997 19/11/2018
We want a Countryside Educational Area at the entrance of our small animal farm for children and adults with learning disabilities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ferring Country Centre
£4,325 29/11/2017
Allow us provide Replacement Riding Therapy Horse to help children and adults with learning and physical disabilities.
Sport England - Improved Access & Facilities for disabled horse riding
£50,000 07/08/2014
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Improved Access & Facilities for disabled horse riding'. This project is a Equestrian project, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Platform Lift to improve & extend opportunities to access Riding Thera
£10,000 15/01/2014
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_x000B_This is a project by an incorporated charity in West Sussex. The organisation will use funding to install a platform lift, at their riding for the disabled facility. This will enable ....more

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 60-80
  • DAVID SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Education And Skills Adviser
  • JANE COLE Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Chairman
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/07/1987, number: 297286
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/12/1986, number: 02086358
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MERRYLEGS ASSISTED RIDING FOR CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS on 07/01/2022
Main office

FERRING COUNTRY CENTRE
RIFE WAY
FERRING
WORTHING
BN12 5JZ

Objectives

FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH WORKING FACILITIES IN HORTICULTURE, AGRICULTURE, CRAFTS, EQUESTRIANISM AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS WITH THE AIM OF ASSISTING SUCH PERSONS TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP VOCATIONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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