Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

THE AMERICAN SCHOOL IN LONDON EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD 

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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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity and another benefit
  • There are 24 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 60 years

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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
30/06/23£50,429£51,966£-1,537£1,732£62,553£35,7948.3380174
30/06/22£44,588£48,181£-3,593£1,496£64,274£38,5919.6368101
30/06/21£43,069£42,645£424£1,176£69,217£40,40511.4371103
30/06/20£46,880£44,876£2,004£1,438£65,569£39,79310.6368190
30/06/19£46,265£44,920£1,345£475£63,482£38,47110.33560
30/06/18£44,526£42,108£2,418£477£61,820£37,04010.63470
30/06/17£44,199£40,694£3,505£591£58,952£36,64510.83440
30/06/16£41,308£38,865£2,443£574£54,720£36,84911.43310
30/06/15£41,666£36,309£5,356£696£52,152£32,93710.93200
30/06/14£38,737£35,886£2,851£694£46,578£26,7448.93150
30/06/13£36,505£33,915£2,590£421£43,195£27,0719.63120
30/06/12£34,439£32,976£1,462£419£39,975£27,419103070
30/06/11£33,632£31,723£1,909£400£38,813£26,0549.93060
30/06/10£32,573£30,434£2,140£417£36,276£24,4139.63050
30/06/09£32,095£29,759£2,337£512£33,830£24,749103070
30/06/08£32,772£29,389£3,383£812£31,952£25,30610.33110
30/06/07£29,874£27,098£2,777£688£28,892£25,17811.22820
30/06/06£26,602£26,487£115£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£24,852£24,020£832£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04*£25,068£22,747£2,321£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 48%
Highest pay band: £400,000-£450,000
Liabilities/Assets: 48%
Liabilities/Income: 115%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 57%
Reserves/Spending: 8.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of Westminster,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 380 employees
  • 174 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (24)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-63
  • ERIN ROTH (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Diplomat/Attaché
  • IRENE ZIA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Brand Strategy Consultant
  • LIAD MEIDAR Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Managing Partner/Co-Founder
  • LUCA BASSI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Investor Professional
  • STANFORD HORN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Finance/Investment Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/1964, number: 312738
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/12/1963, number: 00784923
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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 11 days late,
Main office

The American School in London
1 Waverley Place
London
NW8 0NP

Objectives

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF WESTMINSTER AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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