Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

PORT REGIS SCHOOL LTD 

The School which is a boarding and day preparatory school, for both boys and girls, exists to provide children between the ages of three and thirteen with an all-round education of the very highest quality. The school continues to prepare children for Common Entrance and Senior Independent School Scholarships and to ensure that each child has a full extra-curricular programme.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£6,571£6,767£-196£88£7,403£7,40313.11440
31/08/21£6,222£6,155£67£53£7,594£7,57114.81470
31/08/20£6,015£6,211£-195£75£7,527£7,52714.51690
31/08/19£6,756£6,816£-60£107£7,722£7,72213.61790
31/08/18£6,271£6,154£117£122£7,783£7,78315.21710
31/08/17£6,026£6,265£-239£126£7,667£7,66714.71860
31/08/16£6,029£6,448£-419£120£7,901£7,90114.72000
31/08/15£6,278£6,685£-407£71£8,321£8,12414.61170
31/08/14£6,581£6,776£-195£79£8,727£8,52115.11200
31/08/13£6,974£6,954£19£92£8,922£8,716151250
31/08/12£6,979£7,122£-143£91£9,083£9,03115.21300
31/08/11£7,182£7,146£36£161£9,226£9,17415.41300
31/08/10£7,512£7,176£336£241£9,190£8,24913.82120
31/08/09£7,637£7,455£183£224£8,854£7,89812.72120
31/08/08£7,336£7,121£215£92£8,671£7,688132130
31/08/07£7,538£6,685£854£66£8,457£7,44913.42140
31/08/06£6,548£6,598£-49£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£6,261£6,150£111£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£6,357£5,737£620£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 46%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 13.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Established: 61 years
(76 years as a company)

www.portregis.com

office@portregis.com

01747857885

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 144 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-63
  • GAVIN WHITE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Private Investor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/09/1963, number: 306218
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/08/1947, number: 00440436
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

PORT REGIS SCHOOL
MOTCOMBE
SHAFTESBURY
SP7 9QA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO CARRY ON AND DEVELOP PORT REGIS SCHOOL, NEAR SHAFTESBURY, DORSET, OR ANY OTHER SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, NURSERIES, OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHERE THEY MAY OBTAIN A SOUND GENERAL EDUCATION OF THE HIGHEST ORDER ON MODERN LINES AND TO PURSUE OTHER ANCILLARY EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DORSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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