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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE GORDON FOUNDATION 

The Foundation is established to educate or contribute to the education of boys and girls having particular regard to those with a specific boarding or educational need with a view to fitting them for further education or for earning their livelihood.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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 £610,000
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
miles

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£16,308£16,542£-234£292£14,362£13,5869.92870
31/08/21£14,122£15,743£-1,621£245£13,281£13,91710.62460
31/08/20£13,150£13,791£-641£51£14,646£14,66512.82250
31/08/19£13,153£13,458£-305£118£15,857£14,43712.92160
31/08/18£13,134£13,044£90£45£16,399£14,90313.72070
31/08/17£11,625£12,477£-853£70£16,038£14,580142030
31/08/16£10,574£11,620£-1,046£63£16,342£15,12715.61930
31/08/15£10,435£10,995£-560£38£8,612£7,2347.92050
31/08/14£10,815£11,450£-635£46£9,249£7,8548.22050
31/08/13?£11,750£12,842£-1,092£32£9,810£8,3427.81630
31/03/12£6,210£5,646£563£20£10,610£8,99319.1580
31/03/11£5,634£5,224£410£22£10,027£8,77420.2600
31/03/10£5,314£5,362£-48£19£9,490£8,46618.9600
31/03/09£5,418£4,719£699£25£8,996£7,98820.3570
31/03/08£5,250£4,471£778£41£8,879£7,80020.9550
31/03/07£4,729£4,105£623£40£8,379£7,36421.5520
31/03/06£4,272£3,948£323£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£4,295£3,512£782£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£3,602£2,864£738£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 43%
Liabilities/Income: 68%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 9.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 61 years
(135 years as a company)

www.gordons.school

foundation@gordons.school

01276 858084

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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
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 287 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Gordon Foundation
£500 05/02/2020
General charitable donation from Angus Tulloch - No publicity please.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 15/16 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 26-73
  • JESSICA KRUGER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Csr Partnerships Executive
  • ANGUS FAY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Army Officer
  • LYNN BANNISTER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Information Security Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/09/1963, number: 312092
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/08/1888, number: 00027272
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • 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; AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

GORDONS SCHOOL
BAGSHOT ROAD
WEST END
WOKING
GU24 9PT

Objectives

TO EDUCATE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS HAVING PARTICULAR REGARD TO THOSE WITH A SPECIFIC BOARDING OR EDUCATIONAL NEED, WITH A VIEW TO FITTING THEM FOR FURTHER EDUCATION OR FOR EARNING THEIR LIVELIHOOD, SUCH OBJECT BEING IN CONTINUATION OF THE WORK OF THE UNINCORPORATED INSTITUTION KNOWN AS THE GORDON BOYS' HOME, ESTABLISHED IN JULY 1885 AS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO GENERAL GORDON.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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