Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Poor Liquidity: -1
Good Reserves: +1Fundraising costs low: +3

All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DERBY

The charity operates a non-maintained special school concerned with the education of deaf pupils of 3 to 19 years of age

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
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available

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		£5,039	£5,203	£-163	£0	£8,452	£8,403	19.4	111	1
31/08/22		£11,497	£4,654	£6,843	£0	£8,602	£8,531	22	112	0
31/08/21		£4,958	£4,478	£480	£0	£1,912	£1,521	4.1	112	4
31/08/20		£4,507	£4,081	£426	£0	£1,432	£1,037	3.1	118	3
31/08/19		£4,361	£4,166	£195	£0	£1,006	£615	1.8	108	6
31/08/18		£3,862	£3,806	£56	£0	£812	£376	1.2	103	0
31/08/17		£4,159	£3,870	£289	£0	£756	£288	0.9	108	0
31/08/16		£4,590	£4,288	£302	£8	£510	£8	0	88	0
31/08/15		£4,306	£4,432	£-125	£74	£209	£5	0	124	0
31/08/14	*	£4,230	£4,312	£-83	£66	£334	£96	0.3	105	0
31/08/13		£4,122	£4,093	£29	£42	£417	£140	0.4	75	0
31/08/12		£3,945	£3,948	£-3	£28	£388	£110	0.3	75	0
31/08/11		£4,088	£4,175	£-87	£47	£390	£77	0.2	83	0
31/08/10		£4,250	£4,313	£-63	£50	£477	£160	0.4	90	0
31/08/09		£4,302	£4,339	£-37	£42	£540	£242	0.7	87	0
31/08/08		£3,755	£3,567	£188	£93	£577	£260	0.9	84	0
31/08/07		£3,317	£3,291	£26	£57	£390	£122	0.4	78	0
31/08/06	*	£2,832	£2,905	£-73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05	*	£2,793	£2,874	£-80	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04		£2,589	£2,518	£71	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 19.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3

Asset Split ?

Established: 27 years

https://www.rsdd.org.uk/

helen.radford@rsdd.org.uk

01332362512

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Derby City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

111 employees
1 volunteer

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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal School for the Deaf Derby
£9,825	25/01/2022	Continuing our Heritage
Sport England - Multi use games area
£25,832	24/07/2018 17	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Multi use games area. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Multi use games area. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Multi use games area
£25,832	24/07/2018	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Multi use games area'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Multi use games area'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability. This funding has contributed towards a Multi Facility - Grass Pitch (Football),MUGA (Formal Sport)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	16/05/2018	Royal School for the Deaf Derby: Inclusive Sport for All
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Royal School for the Deaf Derby
£7,300	15/03/2018	Celebrating 125 years of Royal School for the Deaf Derby

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-74

MARK IAN TOMALIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

CRAIG CROWLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ceo

DAVID DU CELLIEE MULLER, Occupation: Managing Director

DOUGLAS EDWARD BULGER (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive

JAMES ALEXANDER BRUCE OTTEWELL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Architect

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/05/1997, number: 1062507
Registered at Companies House on 09/05/1997, number: 03367515

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

06/09/2016 - Asset transfer in from DERBY COLLEGE FOR DEAF PEOPLE
14/09/2016 - Asset transfer in from ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DERBY TRUST COMPANY
18/12/2020 - Asset transfer in from RSD DEVELOPMENT TRUST
22/02/2023 - Asset transfer in from RSDD 2016 PROPERTY TRUST

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR14: 111 days late, AR06: 24 days late, AR05: 165 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from RSD DEVELOPMENT TRUST on 18/12/2020
Asset transfer in from RSDD 2016 PROPERTY TRUST on 22/02/2023

Main office

Royal School for the Deaf
180 Ashbourne Road
Derby
DE22 3BH

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE DEAF AND SPEECH-IMPAIRED (THE BENEFICIARIES). 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION) OF THE BENEFICIARIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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