Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 1

Pension deficit: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 4

THE NORTHERN COLLEGE FOR RESIDENTIAL ADULT EDUCATION LIMITED

To advance adult education, particularly by the provision, organisation and arrangement of full-time or part-time courses of study or educational research, whether or not leading to any formal qualifications

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

Financial issues to consider:

There is a pension deficit of £1,101,000
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/07/22		£3,312	£5,055	£-1,742	£0	£2,714	£2,714	6.4	95
31/07/21		£4,606	£4,865	£-258	£0	£-1,646	£-1,646	-4.1	67
31/07/20		£5,168	£4,907	£262	£0	£-1,539	£-1,539	-3.8	77
31/07/19		£5,463	£6,003	£-540	£0	£-349	£-349	-0.7	81
31/07/18		£5,130	£5,097	£34	£0	£1,658	£1,658	3.9	81
31/07/17		£5,611	£5,290	£320	£0	£452	£452	1	78
31/07/16		£5,321	£5,261	£60	£0	£-295	£-295	-0.7	84
31/07/15		£5,838	£5,275	£563	£28	£2,215	£-572	-1.3	77
31/07/14		£5,855	£5,618	£236	£27	£2,261	£-260	-0.6	82
31/07/13		£5,616	£5,471	£145	£27	£2,050	£-450	-1	77
31/07/12		£5,662	£4,992	£670	£46	£1,567	£-777	-1.9	76
31/07/11		£5,484	£5,075	£409	£28	£1,409	£1,409	3.3	83
31/07/10		£5,329	£5,222	£107	£25	£803	£803	1.8	80
31/07/09		£5,636	£5,664	£-28	£23	£429	£429	0.9	91
31/07/08		£6,967	£7,079	£-111	£1	£353	£353	0.6	97
31/07/07		£5,357	£5,420	£-64	£1	£1,131	£1,131	2.5	99
31/07/06		£6,643	£6,845	£-202	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/05	*	£6,565	£6,342	£223	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/07/04		£5,245	£5,083	£162	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 47%
Liabilities/Income: 102%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5

Asset Split ?

Established: 46 years

www.northern.ac.uk

charity@northern.ac.uk

01226776005

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

School support organisations

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Barnsley,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

95 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health Educational Consortium
£9,700	13/09/2017 12	The group will carry out a feasibility study into the provision of integrated education and development opportunities for people living with mental health issues.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-76

EMMA BEAL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Principal/Chief Executive

MARK SANDERS (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

NEIL COPLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Service Director - Finance

PROF TIMOTHY THORNTON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Deputy Vice Chancellor

ROBERT CRAIG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

SEB SCHMOLLER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Independent Consultant

ANN CORRIGAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Director/Company Secretary

DR COLIN FORREST Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Education Consultant And Researcher

ELIZABETH STANLEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Auditor/Risk Manager

NEIL JAMES Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Accountant

DR SUSAN HORNER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Education Consultant, Other trusteeship: A PARTNER IN EDUCATION,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/02/1978, number: 507245
Registered at Companies House on 18/11/1977, number: 01339524

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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR05: 242 days late,

Main office

NORTHERN COLLEGE
WENTWORTH CASTLE
LOWE LANE
STAINBOROUGH
BARNSLEY
S75 3ET

Objectives

TO ADVANCE ADULT EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION, ORGANISATION AND ARRANGEMENTS OF FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME COURSES OF STUDY OR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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