Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

ALDRO SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Prep School Education for boys aged 7 to 13.
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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£4,868£4,739£129£1£6,055£5,78114.69610
31/07/22£3,887£4,325£-438£10£5,926£5,76916890
31/07/21£3,368£3,678£-310£8£6,365£6,25020.4790
31/07/20*£3,757£3,826£-69£71£6,675£6,59820.7760
31/07/19£3,987£3,858£129£18£6,754£6,67920.87310
31/07/18£4,020£4,000£19£11£6,626£6,55719.7760
31/07/17£3,755£3,911£-156£15£6,606£6,46219.8740
31/07/16£3,897£4,012£-115£2£6,758£6,65619.9630
31/07/15£4,076£4,004£72£72£6,873£6,76720.3620
31/07/14*£4,262£3,614£648£45£6,800£6,34921.1620
31/07/13£4,042£3,540£501£61£6,150£6,07420.6610
31/07/12£3,713£3,435£279£37£5,648£5,55119.4590
31/07/11£3,494£3,414£81£56£5,365£5,32418.7580
31/07/10£3,441£3,194£246£45£5,286£5,24619.7570
31/07/09£3,333£2,982£351£45£5,039£5,00120.1620
31/07/08£3,310£3,081£230£36£4,698£4,65018.1690
31/07/07?*£3,023£2,627£397£37£4,416£4,39520.1680
31/08/06£2,967£2,744£223n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£2,739£2,610£129n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£2,439£2,596£-157n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 58%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 14.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 55 years

www.aldro.org

bursar@aldro.org

01483810266

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Surrey, Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-69
  • CAROLYN LESLEY BETTS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • CATHERINE RUTH WINCHCOMBE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Headteacher
  • DAVID ROYSTON EVANS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • IAN PETER WALLER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Auditor
  • JAMES BENJAMIN HENRY GEFFEN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • JONATHAN EBSWORTH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
  • KATHLEEN HELEN ALLEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • NORMAN PATTERSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: School Bursar
  • SARAH LOUISE HUNT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Barrister
  • THOMAS DAVID LLEWELLYN JONES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Architect
  • TIM JOHNS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • TIM WOODHOUSE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Underwriter
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/06/1969, number: 312072
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/08/1968, number: 00937890
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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; AR20: 45 days late, AR14: 15 days late, AR07: 31 days late,
Main office

ALDRO SCHOOL
LOMBARD STREET
SHACKLEFORD
GODALMING
GU8 6AS

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND AS ANCILLARY THERETO:- TO ACQUIRE, TAKE-OVER AND CARRY ON THE EXISTING SCHOOL (BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS), KNOWN AS ALDRO SCHOOL, SHACKLEFORD, SURREY. TO ACQUIRE, ESTABLISH, MANAGE AND CARRY ON ANY OTHER SCHOOL OR EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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