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

THE WREKIN OLD HALL TRUST LIMITED 

Education / Training
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

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
31/07/23£13,619£12,608£1,011£24£21,476£21,47620.423523
31/07/22£12,153£11,473£680£29£20,458£20,45821.422936
31/07/21£10,678£10,460£218£20£19,678£19,67822.622836
31/07/20£10,071£10,146£-75£23£19,428£19,4282323725
31/07/19£10,595£10,107£488£48£19,474£19,47423.123925
31/07/18£10,023£9,806£217£45£18,932£18,93223.22330
31/07/17£9,716£9,267£449£53£18,684£18,68424.22320
31/07/16£9,132£9,059£73£37£18,204£18,20424.12340
31/07/15£8,674£8,765£-91£64£18,476£18,47425.31640
31/07/14£8,691£8,910£-219£64£18,566£18,565251700
31/07/13£8,497£8,568£-71£64£18,785£18,78326.31770
31/07/12£8,632£8,313£319£65£18,855£18,85427.21760
31/07/11£8,984£8,086£898£64£18,536£18,53527.51740
31/07/10£8,294£7,925£368£26£17,638£17,63726.71740
31/07/09£8,586£7,964£622£24£17,270£17,268261780
31/07/08£8,469£7,773£696£23£16,648£16,64825.71760
31/07/07£7,344£6,638£706£29£15,952£15,95228.81740
31/07/06£6,111£5,378£733£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£5,640£4,959£680£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£5,126£4,557£569£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 20.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Established: 61 years
(103 years as a company)

www.wrekincollege.com

bursary@wrekincollege.com

01952265000

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Colleges and universities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Shropshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 235 employees
  • 23 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-65
  • DAVID STYLES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Educational Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/09/1963, number: 528417
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/01/1921, number: 00172472
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Wrekin College
Bursars Office
Sutherland Road
Wellington
TELFORD
TF1 3BH

Objectives

3 The objects for which the Company is established are to advance education by: 3.1 The provision of schools for boys and girls at Wellington in Shropshire and/or if thought desirable of other schools in England and Wales, which shall provide education in accordance with the Protestant and Evangelical principles of the Church of England and ancillary or incidental educational activities and associated activities for the benefit of the public. 3.2 The support of the provision of education in accordance with the aforesaid principles at Colleges or Universities in England and Wales.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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