Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

EAST KENT EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP LTD 

Delivery of quality assured programme of Education Business Link(EBL) activities to children and young people in East Kent, in line with the government's frameworks for Education Business Link.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 23 years
(27 years as a company)

www.ebpkent.co.uk

andrewwatson@girlings.com

01227768074

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
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
31/12/22£328£325£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£263£262£1n/an/an/an/an/a545
31/12/20*£257£255£2n/an/an/an/an/a545
31/12/19£229£226£3n/an/an/an/an/a600
31/12/18£253£249£4£0£0£0n/a03,000
31/12/17£268£268£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£299£289£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15?*£447£507£-60£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£496£505£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£462£449£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£425£427£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£456£446£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£496£489£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£481£488£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08*£481£468£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07£382£403£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06*£388£408£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05*£278£253£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04*£282£291£-8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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£25,000
DCMS£10,000
Henry Smith Charity£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£8,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£5,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 03/06/2022
Main Grants award
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to East Kent Education Business Partnership
£5,500 15/07/2020
purchase of IT equpiment for a charity that works with disadvantaged teenagers in Kent
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 16/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Education Business Partnership Kent
£10,000 10/06/2020
12
towards one year's running costs of an interactive programme supporting young people who are not in employment, education or training into work-based learning skills for young people in deprived ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthy Living
£8,000 17/02/2020
12
The funding will be used to deliver a healthy lifestyle project for local schools. The project aims to raise awareness and support young people to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Education Business Partnership Kent
£10,000 13/03/2019
12
towards one year's running costs of an interactive programme supporting young people who are not in employment, education or training into work-based learning skills for young people based in ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/11/2000, number: 1083379
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/08/1996, number: 03233149
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 3 days late, AR15: 1 days late, AR08: 6 days late, AR06: 30 days late, AR05: 47 days late, AR04: 96 days late,
Main office

16 ROSE LANE
CANTERBURY
KENT
CT1 2UR

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN KENT WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS SKILLS AND METHODS AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KENT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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