Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 2

Good reserves management: +3
Fundraising costs high: -4

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 6

BRUNSWICK ORGANIC NURSERIES LTD

Brunswick offers purposeful work and training to people with learning difficulties. They have the chance to work in horticulture, cooking and crafts, and are supported to produce goods which are sold on site.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Established: 32 years

www.brunswickyork.org.uk

admin@brunswickyork.org.uk

01904701869

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23	*	£824	£861	£-37	£198	£502	£427	6	43	75
31/03/22		£857	£809	£48	£196	£539	£396	5.9	39	55
31/03/21		£856	£783	£74	£177	£490	£370	5.7	40	50
31/03/20		£798	£734	£65	£156	£417	£311	5.1	37	100
31/03/19		£719	£708	£11	£123	£352	£268	4.5	36	119
31/03/18		£709	£704	£5	£119	£341	£262	4.5	39	0
31/03/17		£662	£650	£11	£110	£336	£290	5.4	38	0
31/03/16		£654	£640	£14	£111	£325	£296	5.6	38	0
31/03/15		£641	£614	£27	£109	£324	£293	5.7	20	0
31/03/14		£572	£554	£17	£94	£297	£261	5.7	19	0
31/03/13		£519	£559	£-41	£97	£280	£244	5.2	18	0
31/03/12		£550	£542	£8	£85	£320	£271	6	18	0
31/03/11		£573	£491	£82	£50	£313	£260	6.3	16	0
31/03/10		£482	£462	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£489	£429	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£417	£407	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£398	£399	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£349	£337	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£270	£295	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£232	£247	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 35.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 5.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of York, North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

43 employees
75 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Two Ridings Community Foundation	£12,000
Joseph Rowntree Foundation	£5,000
Co-Operative Group	£4,188

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brunswick Organic Nursery
£2,321	21/10/2023	We want to set up the City of York's first wood recycling scheme. We'll collect unwanted wood for our woodwork team to turn into items such as tools, crafts and environmental assets like bird boxes.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brunswick Organic Nursery
£1,866	22/10/2022	The Brunswick Cooking Group produces healthy, tasty meals for everyone working on site. We aim to write a recipe book to help everyone make meals like these, even if they're on a low budget.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£10,000	29/07/2020	Funding for salaries, cleaning materials, overheads to keep the site open and safe for users, so that users can maintain their health and well being.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£2,000	15/04/2020	Funding to support the workers all of whom are people with learning disabilities to adjust to homeworking and maintain contacts with their co-workers. Many of the workers are vulnerable and isolating ....more Funding to support the workers all of whom are people with learning disabilities to adjust to homeworking and maintain contacts with their co-workers. Many of the workers are vulnerable and isolating or live with carers who are vulnerable and funding will also help the organisation to provide practical support where needed including providing meals and shopping deliveries.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Volunteer Support Project
£5,000	31/08/2019	A Volunteer Support Project, which will involve volunteers, who may be recovering from physical or mental ill health, or retired, benefitting from a programme of structured training and support to ....more A Volunteer Support Project, which will involve volunteers, who may be recovering from physical or mental ill health, or retired, benefitting from a programme of structured training and support to get the most out of their work at the Nursery. The workers at the Nursery, all of whom have learning difficulties, would also benefit from this project
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Brunswick Organic Nurseries
£20,000	18/01/2016	towards extension and refurbishment of building for a charity which works with disabled people in York

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 48-74

ANDREW MARK STEVENSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

ANTHONY DAVID JOSEPH KILBRIDE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

FREDERICK ANTHONY WOODHEAD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

GERALDINE CLAIRE OBRIEN, Occupation: Voluntary Librarian

KEITH GREGORY LOWE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

SALLY ELIZABETH LIGHT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

SIMON ANTONY USHER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/03/1992, number: 1010178
Registered at Companies House on 29/11/1991, number: 02667067

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
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 2 days late, AR06: 163 days late, AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

BRUNSWICK ORGANIC NURSERY
APPLETON ROAD
BISHOPTHORPE
YORK
YO23 2RF

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SOCIAL HANDICAP OR DISABILITY AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RLATING TO SUCH HANDICAP OR DISABILITY, ORGANIC HUSBANDRY AND CRAFTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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