Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

FRIENDS OF ST CUTHBERTS SCHOOL 

Raising funds and organising events for the pupils of St Cuthbert's Catholic School, Wigton, Cumbria
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/08/23£7£11£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/22£9£6£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/21£11£8£3n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/08/20£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/19£5£6£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/18£4£3£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£1£2£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£2£3£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£3£3£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£3£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£4£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£5£7£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06?£8£6£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 28 years

07912421951

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • School support organisations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cumbria Community Foundation - Nursery Outdoor Learning Space
£3,000 09/06/2021
Nursery Outdoor Learning Space
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Friends of St. Cuthbert's School
£4,751 19/11/2018
We would like to provide an improved outdoor learning environment for all our children including the high percentage of disadvantaged kids

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/03/1996, number: 1053671
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LONGTHWAITE ROAD PRE SCHOOL LTD on 22/03/2021
Main office

St. Cuthberts School
East End
Wigton
CA7 9HZ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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