Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
    • Overall weighted support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    THE READ SCHOOL, DRAX

    Provision of education for pupils age 2-18, day and boarding.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
    • This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income. Its latest spending amounts to 242.9% of total funds

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
    • This charity uses a corporate trustee

    Financial issues to consider:

    • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £1,970,465 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets

    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
    31/08/23*£3,323£3,423£-100£12£1,409£-1,970-6.9820
    31/08/22£3,063£3,051£12£0£1,510£-1,869-7.4770
    31/08/21£2,544£2,705£-162£2£1,498£-1,826-8.1610
    31/08/20£2,490£2,864£-373£1£-99£-1,705-7.1650
    31/08/19£2,241£2,929£-687£1£274£-1,406-5.8630
    31/08/18£2,346£3,085£-739£2£960£-769-3630
    31/08/17*£2,353£2,818£-465£0£1,696£-214-0.9850
    31/08/16*£3,131£2,761£370£23£2,158£3431.5630
    31/08/15£2,750£3,017£-267£14£1,805£-120-0.5650
    31/08/14£2,702£2,876£-174£-14£2,079£-52-0.2590
    31/08/13£2,777£3,061£-284£23£2,249£-190-0.7600
    31/08/12£2,913£3,287£-374£48£2,504£-245-0.9690
    31/08/11£3,264£3,635£-371£35£2,851£-365-1.2700
    31/08/10£3,338£3,779£-441£46£3,187£1,6735.3800
    31/08/09£3,700£3,612£88£35£3,595£2,0346.8900
    31/08/08£3,525£3,293£232£15£3,534£1,9297890
    31/08/07£3,255£2,997£258£15£3,377£1,7747.1550
    31/08/06£2,929£2,612£317n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/08/05£2,635£2,379£255n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/08/04£2,436£2,218£218n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
    Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 68%
    Liabilities/Income: 94%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -140%
    Reserves/Spending: -6.9 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: -2 months
    Quick Ratio: 0.1
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 57 years

    www.readschool.co.uk

    enquiries@readschool.co.uk

    01757618248

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Secondary schools
    How it operates
    • Makes grants to individuals
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • North Yorkshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • 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
    Two Ridings Community Foundation - Sport for All
    £25,000 27/07/2022
    Funding to carry out cricket and rugby field rennovation so the facilities can be used by the school and wider community.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (1)

    • THE READ SCHOOL DRAX, TRUSTEE LIMITED
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/01/1968, number: 529675
    Gift Aid
    • NOT 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
    • 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; AR23: 5 days late, AR17: 14 days late, AR16: 25 days late,
    Main office

    READ SCHOOL
    DRAX
    SELBY
    YO8 8NL

    Objectives

    A DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    DRAX

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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