Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

THE FREWEN EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED 

Independent co-educational day and boarding school for children (aged 7-18) with Specific Learning Difficulties.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Spending has increased 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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£4,184£3,905£280£19£1,509£1,5094.6730
31/08/21£3,765£3,338£428£28£1,229£1,2294.4680
31/08/20£3,241£2,911£331£55£801£8013.3662
31/08/19*£2,647£2,639£9£20£471£4712.1610
31/08/18*£2,535£2,604£-69£33£462£4622.1770
31/08/17£2,831£2,856£-25£26£531£5312.2650
31/08/16£2,839£2,955£-116£27£556£5442.2640
31/08/15£2,703£2,748£-45£64£672£6592.9610
31/08/14*£2,630£2,502£128£61£717£7043.4600
31/08/13£2,369£2,357£12£40£589£5792.9580
31/08/12£2,249£2,247£3£52£577£5673560
31/08/11£2,287£2,165£122£49£574£5643.1500
31/08/10*£2,004£1,912£91£50£452£4382.7530
31/08/09£1,887£1,968£-81£34£361£3572.2540
31/08/08£1,802£1,834£-32£14£442£4392.9480
31/08/07*£1,753£1,678£75£39£474£4733.4550
31/08/06£1,484£1,455£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£1,441£1,737£-296£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04*£2,018£1,649£368£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 59%
Liabilities/Income: 51%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 56 years

www.frewencollege.co.uk

office@frewencollege.co.uk

01797253388

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 73 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 64-79
  • ANNE MOORE-BICK Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Ssafa Forces Help Volunteer Chairman
  • GRAHAM NASH Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/1968, number: 307019
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/12/1967, number: 00924280
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; AR19: 50 days late, AR18: 124 days late, AR14: 19 days late, AR10: 24 days late, AR07: 22 days late, AR04: 6 days late,
Main office

FREWEN EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD
FREWEN COLLEGE BRICKWALL
RYE ROAD
NORTHIAM
RYE
TN31 6NL

Objectives

To provide for the training and instruction of pupils with specific learning difficulties, in particular dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and speech language and communication needs, in any school so acquired or established in every branch of learning and knowledge, in citizenship and in arts and crafts of all kinds and on the basis of Christian principles to provide such pupils with spiritual, moral, mental and physical training.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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