Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

COKETHORPE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED 

To provide education for boys and girls.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
31/08/23£13,205£12,683£522£86£8,587£8,3867.92233
31/08/22£12,566£12,013£553£92£8,065£7,9167.921812
31/08/21£11,943£11,513£430£0£7,512£7,3987.721811
31/08/20£12,013£11,323£689£73£7,082£6,9717.42184
31/08/19£12,168£11,679£489£92£6,393£6,2826.521512
31/08/18£11,518£11,510£8£8£5,904£5,80162080
31/08/17£11,134£11,191£-57£137£5,896£5,7706.22070
31/08/16£10,876£10,633£243£26£5,953£5,6716.41960
31/08/15?£10,389£10,576£-187£24£5,710£5,4436.21980
31/07/14£9,768£9,717£51£49£6,283£6,0267.41890
31/07/13£9,547£9,259£287£203£6,232£5,9747.71840
31/07/12£9,485£9,054£431£206£5,968£5,7007.61800
31/07/11£8,996£8,480£516£230£5,536£5,4197.71640
31/07/10£8,655£8,497£157£12£5,241£5,1807.31510
31/07/09£8,355£7,881£474£11£5,082£5,0237.61520
31/07/08£7,816£7,185£631£24£4,607£4,5507.61450
31/07/07£7,075£6,563£512£73£3,976£3,9597.21380
31/07/06£6,225£5,750£475£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£5,577£5,324£253£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£4,900£4,831£69£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 35%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 7.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 60 years

www.cokethorpe.org.uk

admin@cokethorpe.org

01993892327

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 223 employees
  • 3 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 56-73
  • DR WAI WING LAU Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Head Engineer Physics At Oxford University
  • JAYNE NORRIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Planning Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/02/1964, number: 309650
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/07/1963, number: 00767293
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

COKETHORPE SCHOOL
WITNEY
OX29 7PU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION TO BOYS AND/OR GIRLS BY THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND/OR SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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