Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 3

Spending declining: -1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

THE FRIENDS OF CASTLEDON SCHOOL

Raise funds through social activities in order to provide and assist in the provision of facilitiesto advance the education of the pupils of Castledon School (not normally provided by the Education authority). Castledon School is a school for pupils with moderate learning difficulties and autisitic spectrum disorders.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Spending is declining
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/01/23		£74	£8	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/22	*	£70	£60	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/21		£20	£47	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/20		£42	£3	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/19		£18	£30	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/18		£69	£71	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/17		£25	£3	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/16		£21	£27	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/15		£91	£79	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/14		£2	£0	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/13		£2	£1	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/12		£2	£7	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/11		£1	£1	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/10		£2	£0	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/09		£3	£5	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/08		£3	£2	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/07		£3	£8	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/06		£9	£1	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/05		£4	£5	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/01/04		£8	£9	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 36 years

nwaters@castledon.org

01268761252

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Support for specific schools

How it operates

Makes grants to organisations

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Children/Young 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

The Clothworkers Foundation	£10,500
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
Essex Community Foundation	£1,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to The Friends of Castledon School
£1,500	08/12/2022	to help create a reading garden around the library provision at a school supporting children with special needs in Wickford
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	07/05/2021	Greenhouse and Summerhouse project
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Friends of Castledon School
£10,500	02/02/2021	construction and refurbishment of building for a charity supporting young people with learning disabilities in Essex
Essex Community Foundation - To convert a red London bus into an exciting library for our pupils and children from other groups and schools who do not have access to a dedicated library.
£3,500	22/11/2019 13	To help provide a library at a Special School in Wickford for pupils with Moderate Learning Difficulties and additional complex needs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	25/07/2018	Vocational skills development at Castledon Special School

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

MICHELLE BELSEY Appointed: 2023

SARAH COPELAND Appointed: 2023

SIMON HOLLIDAY (Chair) Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/06/1988, number: 299530

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 40 days late,

Main office

Castledon School
Bromfords Drive
WICKFORD
Essex
SS12 0PW

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL (NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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