Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

STROUD COURT COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED 

TO PROVIDE WELFARE SERVICES TO RESIDENT & NON-RESIDENT PEOPLE WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
Established: 30 years

www.stroudcourt.org

info@stroudcourt.org

01453834020

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£3,308£3,361£-53£0£4,637£4,63716.6945
31/03/22£3,331£2,993£338£4£3,822£3,76315.1895
31/03/21£3,371£2,876£495£27£2,820£2,3179.7705
31/03/20£2,817£2,782£34£27£2,327£1,9288.3745
31/03/19£2,735£2,762£-27£25£1,949£1,5876.9655
31/03/18£2,530£2,617£-87£33£2,147£1,8228.4660
31/03/17£2,465£2,515£-50£34£2,110£1,8368.8690
31/03/16£2,418£2,403£15£21£1,949£1,7408.7840
31/03/15£2,324£2,234£90£11£1,734£1,5858.5660
31/03/14£2,364£2,444£-79£15£2,070£1,9479.6640
31/03/13£2,370£2,189£181£19£2,149£2,06811.3800
31/03/12£2,378£2,279£98£14£1,968£1,92310.1800
31/03/11£2,343£2,295£48£11£1,870£1,8309.6860
31/03/10£2,335£2,297£38£6£1,822£1,7779.3680
31/03/09£2,369£2,313£56£6£1,784£1,7479.1830
31/03/08£2,371£2,295£76£86£1,728£1,6588.7800
31/03/07£2,285£2,154£132£6£1,652£1,5888.8860
31/03/06£2,236£1,999£237£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£2,142£1,894£248£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,031£1,931£99£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 16.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 7.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 94 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
Wolfson Foundation£50,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£40,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 02/07/2021
Stroud Court Expansion
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Stroud Court Community Trust
£50,000 11/06/2020
Supported living accommodation
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Stroud Court Community Trust
£40,000 27/05/2020
reburishment and contruction of rooms at a community trust for people with disabilities in Gloucestershire
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Stroud Court Community Trust
£55,000 10/11/2016
Building reconstruction for a charity which works with disabled people

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-81
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/11/1993, number: 1029448
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/07/1992, number: 02733012
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

STROUD COURT
LONGFORDS
MINCHINHAMPTON
STROUD
GL6 9AN

Objectives

TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN PARTICULAR PERSONS SUFFERING AND HANDICAPPED AS A RESULT OF EARLY INFANTILE OR CHILDHOOD AUTISM AND CHILDHOOD PSYCHOSIS (WHETHER OR NOT THESE CONDITIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER HANDICAPS) DURING THEIR CHILDHOOD OR FORMATIVE YEARS, THEIR CARE, RELIEF, INTEREST, TREATMENT, MEDICATION AND ADVANCEMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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