Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

HEREFORD CATHEDRAL SCHOOL

The charitable company's principle activity continues to be the management of the Hereford Cathedral Senior and Junior Schools.The charity provides education in Hereford for boys and girls from the age of 3-18.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

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£12,683£12,304£379£260£7,549£5,6645.522514
31/07/22£11,267£10,757£510£107£7,168£5,35162110
31/07/21£10,227£9,530£697£107£6,760£4,9146.22110
31/07/20£9,868£9,685£183£100£5,838£4,2335.223010
31/07/19*£9,485£9,430£55£134£5,737£4,1335.320915
31/07/18£8,998£8,938£59£101£5,638£4,1165.52010
31/07/17£8,883£8,753£130£103£5,510£4,0355.51420
31/07/16£8,719£8,574£145£95£5,256£3,9735.61370
31/07/15*£8,439£8,306£133£112£4,243£3,0724.41450
31/07/14*£8,504£8,248£257£109£4,053£3,0054.41400
31/07/13£8,329£7,987£343£106£3,761£2,7984.21390
31/07/12£8,081£7,847£233£106£3,325£2,5403.91360
31/07/11*£8,222£7,697£524£74£3,080£2,3493.71380
31/07/10£7,862£7,498£364£41£2,531£2,1933.51380
31/07/09£7,515£7,231£284£33£2,139£1,8603.11420
31/07/08£7,030£6,789£241£31£1,875£1,5962.81400
31/07/07£6,651£6,510£142£25£1,626£1,3542.51480
31/07/06£6,262£6,180£83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£5,457£5,434£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04£5,182£5,252£-70n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 34%
Liabilities/Income: 31%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 37 years

www.herefordcs.com

coopa@herefordcs.com

01432363522

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Herefordshire,
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
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-69
  • ANDREW TERENCE TEALE BSC Appointed: 2012
  • CHRISTIAN SPENCER MALCONSON JONES (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • DAVID WALLACE BALLINTINE SNOW Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • DR SARAH JAYNE HITT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Higher Education Professor
  • JACQUELINE MILLAR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • JACQUELYNE DEVAL-REED Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • JONATHAN DEREK PREECE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
  • JONATHAN MILES STOREY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Barrister
  • JONATHAN RICHARD SHELDON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • LORRAINE MICHAELA ATKINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher
  • REV NICHOLAS GERARD LOWTON FRSA Appointed: 2022
  • WILLIAM JOHN HANKS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Dentist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/06/1987, number: 518889
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/12/1986, number: 02081261
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR19: 1 days late, AR15: 0 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR11: 1 days late,
Main office

HEREFORD CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
THE OLD DEANERY
CATHEDRAL CLOSE
HEREFORD
HR1 2NG

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY ACQUIRING, ESTABLISHING, PROVIDING, CONDUCTING AND CARRYING ON RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN WHICH BOYS AND GIRLS OF ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY MAY RECEIVE A SOUND GENERAL EDUCATION (INCLUDING RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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