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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

THE GIRLS' DAY SCHOOL TRUST 

To remain at the forefront of education, extend excellence and innovation in dynamic educationalsettings and maintain our leadership in the education of young people, principally women.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no 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
  • There is a pension deficit of £13,021,000


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Established: 29 years
(151 years as a company)

www.gdst.net

governance@wes.gdst.net

02073936666

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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
31/08/22£286,024£279,810£6,214£1,401£521,663£417,13417.94,388230
31/08/21£261,280£251,604£9,676£1,168£497,077£391,65918.74,260230
31/08/20£263,033£254,784£8,249£1,065£461,931£366,68117.33,283200
31/08/19£272,173£257,282£14,891£1,208£460,510£368,46317.23,271190
31/08/18£258,696£257,471£1,225£997£458,070£370,75917.33,273190
31/08/17£260,919£247,237£13,682£650£447,580£362,23417.63,5660
31/08/16£253,796£228,527£25,269£540£413,544£333,06217.53,6900
31/08/15£254,084£223,115£30,969£2,361£392,866£312,37016.83,6940
31/08/14£273,689£219,286£54,403£2,392£372,530£292,774163,7660
31/08/13£233,553£204,142£29,411£2,189£325,017£252,20814.82,9570
31/08/12£214,755£213,299£1,456£2,200£285,038£222,96312.52,8470
31/08/11*£200,599£179,048£21,551£2,056£280,905£227,35715.22,8760
31/08/10*£202,732£188,755£13,977£1,993£256,807£206,09913.12,9620
31/08/09£203,877£195,127£8,750£1,241£238,126£192,28811.83,0580
31/08/08£188,687£181,602£7,085£1,108£232,562£189,81512.52,8720
31/08/07£177,275£164,460£12,815£884£232,394£188,62413.82,7250
31/08/06£157,218£148,637£8,581£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£146,574£136,601£9,973£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£146,470£135,424£11,046£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 37%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 17.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 4,388 employees
  • 230 volunteers

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 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/09/1995, number: 306983
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/06/1872, number: 00006400
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
  • 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; AR11: 18 days late, AR10: 49 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SCOTT MEMORIAL EXHIBITION FUND, IN CONNEXION WITH SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS on 10/03/2020
  • Asset transfer in from THE PORTSMOUTH LIONS CLUB BENEVOLENT FUND on 19/01/2022
Main office

Girls Day School Trust
10 Bressenden Place
LONDON
SW1E 5DH

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE (PRINCIPALLY GIRLS, BUT, WHERE THE COUNCIL THINKS FIT, ALSO BOYS) BY SUCH MEANS AS THE COUNCIL SHALL DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF:A. SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE; B. SERVICES (INCLUDING SUPPORT SERVICES) TO OTHER EDUCATIONAL CHARITIES, SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS; C. OTHER ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; AND D. OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY (THE 'OBJECTS')

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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