Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

ST THOMAS' C. E. SCHOOL P.T.A. 

We organise fund raising events within the school community to raise funds to benefit all pupils
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • 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
31/01/23£11£22£-11n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/01/22£10£12£-2n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/01/21£7£5£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/01/20£12£14£-2n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/01/19*£15£11£3n/an/an/an/an/a13
31/01/18*£13£11£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/17£12£12£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/16*£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/15*£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/14*£13£13£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/13£11£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/12£14£14£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/11£7£10£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/10£9£5£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/09£10£16£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/08£10£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/07*£10£5£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/06*£8£2£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/05£12£4£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/04£8£8£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

07960827278

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • School support organisations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 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
Sport England£14,940
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - Exercise for Vulnerable Men
£6,100 25/08/2023
This project will engage men identified as being inactive and vulnerable or in crisis due to issues of mental health challenges and a range of long-term health issues. A twice weekly exercise and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing it back home
£10,000 23/06/2023
The funding will be used to deliver IT business and job search support and training programmes for people with limited employment opportunities. The project aims to develop skills and build ....more
Sport England - Exercise for Vulnerable Women v2
£8,840 02/05/2023
This project will actively engage local women identified as being inactive and vulnerable due to issues of alcohol/substance abuse, mental health challenges and a range of health issues. The project ....more
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Hothersall Lodge Residential Trip
£1,000 07/12/2022
The funding will to go towards year 3's residential trip to Hothersall Lodge in Lancashire as part of a field study on rivers.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 15/16 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/04/1997, number: 1061993
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding 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; AR19: 65 days late, AR18: 39 days late, AR16: 65 days late, AR15: 19 days late, AR14: 112 days late, AR07: 137 days late, AR06: 942 days late,
Main office

1 Coronation Road
Lydiate
LIVERPOOL
L31 2NE

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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