Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE PACE CENTRE LTD

The provision of a comprehensive and integrated service for children and young people with motor disorders. An education for life where a trans-disciplinary staff team of therapists, teachers, and conductors work together to meet the complex needs of the children. Training and support to families to help them encourage children learning at home.Specialist training courses.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 low relative to funds raised
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

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Established: 32 years

www.thepacecentre.org

info@thepacecentre.org

01296614287

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/08/23		£3,889	£3,658	£231	£340	£3,318	£1,301	4.3	91	5
31/08/22?		£2,173	£2,170	£4	£142	£3,087	£904	5	113	70
31/12/21		£3,561	£3,399	£162	£248	£3,083	£710	2.5	106	72
31/12/20	*	£3,375	£2,905	£470	£229	£2,921	£287	1.2	98	15
31/12/19		£2,732	£2,731	£1	£248	£2,450	£21	0.1	78	59
31/12/18		£2,584	£2,633	£-49	£224	£2,449	£-157	-0.7	75	0
31/12/17		£2,459	£2,656	£-197	£218	£2,499	£-184	-0.8	92	0
31/12/16		£2,537	£3,024	£-487	£294	£2,696	£43	0.2	91	0
31/12/15		£2,956	£3,084	£-127	£379	£3,183	£387	1.5	82	0
31/12/14		£3,798	£3,316	£481	£544	£3,381	£884	3.2	88	0
31/12/13		£4,574	£3,281	£1,293	£512	£2,899	£909	3.3	86	0
31/12/12		£3,169	£3,135	£33	£456	£1,607	£905	3.5	90	0
31/12/11		£3,025	£2,900	£124	£294	£1,573	£1,007	4.2	79	0
31/12/10		£2,678	£2,634	£44	£254	£1,449	£897	4.1	79	0
31/12/09		£2,430	£2,383	£47	£257	£1,405	£879	4.4	74	0
31/12/08		£1,989	£2,020	£-31	£227	£1,357	£839	5	75	0
31/12/07		£1,766	£1,834	£-68	£190	£1,388	£858	5.6	65	0
31/12/06		£1,626	£1,425	£201	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£1,504	£1,318	£186	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£1,266	£1,212	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 21%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 39%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

91 employees
5 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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£200,000
Wolfson Foundation	£37,000
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£1,500
Rothschild Foundation	£1,250

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to The Pace Centre
£500	31/03/2023	Staff sponsorship - PACE The Big Walk Event April 2023
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to The Pace Centre
£250	01/02/2023	Match funding for the Big Walk completed by a staff member on behalf of the Pace Centre.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to The Pace Centre
£500	21/04/2022	Staff Sponsorship - The Big Walk - staff member Caroline Winnicott
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - The Pace Centre (Pace) - 19/08/21
£1,500	07/09/2021	Hydrotherapy for children with Neurodisabilities and Cerebral Palsy
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£200,000	16/10/2020	Core Costs
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Pace
£37,000	11/06/2020	Refurbishment of bathroom facilities
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Pace Centre
£101,906	28/02/2019 36	A programme providing therapies to support children with a range of disabilities. Children will benefit through improved independence, greater life skills and more engagement in education.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Pace Centre
£3,519	29/11/2017	We would like to set up a fund to enable our children to go on school trips as they do in mainstream schools.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	23/10/2017	Early Intervention for Children with Motor Disorders, aged 0-3
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to PACE Centre
£130,000	13/06/2013	towards the building costs of a training facility for young people with motor disorders and for staff and professionals across the UK

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-68

ANDREW OXFORD COXALL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chief Executive

COLIN JOHN HAYFIELD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

DANIEL LAWSON Appointed: 2023

DAVID JOHN IRVINE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor

HELEN LOUISE SHEPHERD (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Teacher

IAN DAVID CAIRNS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Customer Officer

KAREN LOUISE BRADLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Operations Manager

KAY TAYLOR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Lawyer

SATYABHAMA PUDARUTH Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Accountant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/05/1992, number: 1011133
Registered at Companies House on 16/04/1992, number: 02707807

Gift Aid

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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; AR20: 5 days late,

Main office

Bradbury Campus
156 Wendover Road
Stoke Mandeville
AYLESBURY
Buckinghamshire
HP22 5TE

Objectives

The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit, for the relief of dysfunction in children and young persons (“the Beneficiaries”) with motor disorders and related neurological impairments by the provision of education and therapies and in particular but without limitation by any or all of the following:a) The education and care of people who have motor disorders and related neurological impairments, particularly but not exclusively the Beneficiaries, including the conduct and maintenance of a special school (“the School”) within the meaning of the Education Acts and of a transition service for the Beneficiaries.b) The promotion of therapy, care and counselling to the Beneficiaries and their families.c) The improvement of public knowledge, understanding and awareness of the life and needs of the Beneficiaries and their families and in particular but without limitation by training and the promotion of research and the publication of the useful results of such research.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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