Overall GiG Score: -7 ?
Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified

RUSKIN COLLEGE 

Providing adult education, including long courses and short courses.Providing residential education for adult students in Oxford.Providing bursaries and scholarships to support students.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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 £425,490
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 61 years
(123 years as a company)

www.ruskin.ac.uk

enquiries@ruskin.ac.uk

01865759600

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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
31/07/22£1,442£4,148£-2,706£0£6,508£6,07817.6470
31/07/21£3,153£4,148£-994£0£6,508£6,07817.6470
31/07/20*£3,139£4,726£-1,588£0£3,163£2,7186.9440
31/07/19*£3,226£5,084£-1,857£0£4,751£4,30410.2560
31/07/18*£4,902£4,698£205£0£10,447£9,99825.5550
31/07/17£5,507£6,055£-548£0£10,225£9,84519.5650
31/07/16£5,450£5,453£-3£0£10,772£10,39122.9690
31/07/15£5,087£5,820£-733£1,330£12,243£11,61023.9750
31/07/14£4,687£5,302£-615£30£13,020£12,35728890
31/07/13£3,981£4,914£-933£25£13,320£12,76331.2880
31/07/12£4,436£4,708£-272£26£13,533£13,08133.3880
31/07/11£4,512£4,821£-309£33£17,961£17,50743.6750
31/07/10£4,514£4,863£-349£25£17,916£17,51343.2790
31/07/09£4,581£4,750£-169£26£9,928£9,92825.1830
31/07/08£4,850£4,871£-21£25£10,435£10,43525.7780
31/07/07£4,312£4,495£-183£28£10,516£10,51628.1810
31/07/06£4,018£4,057£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£4,000£3,781£219£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04*£3,767£3,943£-176£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 57%
Liabilities/Income: 649%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 17.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -26 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 47 employees
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/1963, number: 309701
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/06/1900, number: 00066196
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 112 days late, AR19: 311 days late, AR18: 55 days late, AR04: 5 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ROBERT ADDY HOPKINSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND on 03/09/2019
Main office

RUSKIN HALL
DUNSTAN ROAD
HEADINGTON
OXFORD
OX3 9BZ

Objectives

THE COLLEGE'S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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