Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 4

Liabilities <10%: +3
Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

WOODBROOKE QUAKER STUDY CENTRE

Provision of learning to Quakers and others to advance the Quaker faith and enhance understanding of social and spiritual matters.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
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 is predominantly female
Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/12/23		£1,552	£1,794	£-242	£6	£2,465	£1,011	6.8	36	200
31/12/22		£1,349	£1,577	£-228	£6	£5,611	£4,256	32.4	37	200
31/12/21		£1,482	£1,648	£-165	£6	£6,172	£4,517	32.9	41	250
31/12/20	*	£1,492	£1,577	£-85	£6	£5,927	£4,456	33.9	53	160
31/12/19		£1,736	£2,110	£-373	£7	£5,861	£4,479	25.5	54	200
31/12/18		£1,825	£2,244	£-418	£477	£5,821	£4,648	24.9	64	0
31/12/17		£1,805	£2,135	£-331	£450	£6,276	£5,080	28.6	58	0
31/12/16		£1,868	£2,046	£-178	£433	£6,348	£5,177	30.4	57	0
31/12/15		£1,836	£2,079	£-243	£482	£6,271	£5,107	29.5	42	0
31/12/14		£2,104	£2,105	£-1	£484	£9,045	£7,759	44.2	44	0
31/12/13		£2,013	£2,061	£-48	£464	£8,956	£7,861	45.8	44	0
31/12/12		£2,633	£2,057	£576	£493	£8,740	£7,555	44.1	45	0
31/12/11		£1,797	£1,955	£-158	£464	£7,976	£6,774	41.6	40	0
31/12/10		£1,678	£1,849	£-170	£88	£8,258	£7,043	45.7	42	0
31/12/09		£1,392	£1,770	£-378	£430	£8,316	£7,154	48.5	39	0
31/12/08		£1,518	£1,772	£-254	£434	£8,229	£7,358	49.8	40	0
31/12/07		£1,824	£1,765	£59	£84	£9,036	£8,058	54.8	40	0
31/12/06		£1,550	£1,454	£96	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05		£1,318	£1,453	£-135	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04		£1,431	£1,488	£-56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 41%
Reserves/Spending: 6.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 62 years

http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/woodbrooke/

kevin.smith@woodbrooke.org.uk

01218241690

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Christian congregations

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
£691,024	08/07/2023	Woodbrooke Learning and Research Programme
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
£140,000	19/03/2022	Woodbrooke Learning and Research
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
£337,672	07/07/2018 36	Quaker education programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees:

ALEXANDER CLAYDEN Appointed: 2021

BETH ANN ALBRIGHT-PEAKALL Appointed: 2024

CATRIN HILARY DAVIES Appointed: 2023

DAVID JOHN ROBSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

FIONA KERSTI HENRIETTA WAGSTAFF Appointed: 2022

HEATHER MARY ROWLANDS Appointed: 2024

INGRID GREENHOW Appointed: 2019

JAANA HELVI MARIA ERKKILA-HILL Appointed: 2024

JILL THOMAS Appointed: 2024

MIRANDA BIRD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: None

SARAH DONALDSON Appointed: 2021

VALERIE BRITTIN Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/04/1963, number: 313816

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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: 16 days late,

Main office

Fircroft College of Adult Education
1018 Bristol Road
Selly Oak
BIRMINGHAM
B29 6LH

Objectives

COLLEGE OR HALL OF RESIDENCE OR INSTITUTION PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND TRAINING IN CHRISTIAN WORK FOR MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS AND OTHER PERSONS AND ALSO PROVIDING INSTRUCTION ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC QUESTIONS AND IN CLASSICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL AND OTHER BRANCHES OF LEARNING AND SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL CULTURE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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