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Finance Score: -12
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 1
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -15 ?

THE RINGSFIELD HALL TRUST 

* Educating children and young people so as to support their physical, emotional and spiritual development through outdoor learning*Research and development for social and emotional learning, environmental education and spirituality.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
miles

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*£150£227£-77n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22*£177£183£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£246£147£100n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£157£198£-41n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/19£198£208£-10n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/18£182£189£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£185£180£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£189£176£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£146£153£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£162£155£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£168£148£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£155£145£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£158£164£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£137£163£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£206£144£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£156£125£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£114£97£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£106£104£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£158£100£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£98£98£0£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

www.ringsfield-hall.co.uk

info@ringsfield-hall.co.uk

01502713020

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£1,950 22/07/2021
Training Grant provided for Customs training purposes
Suffolk Community Foundation - Wide Open Spaces
£5,000 25/09/2020
5
To support the "Wide Open Spaces" Programme.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Wide Open Spaces
£5,000 04/08/2020
9
To provide places in their 'Wide Open Spaces' programme for children whose families are suffering from financial hardship.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/08/2002, number: 1093404
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/05/2001, number: 04222560
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 27 days late, AR22: 79 days late, AR12: 22 days late, AR07: 31 days late, AR06: 42 days late,
Main office

RINGSFIELD HALL
RINGSFIELD
BECCLES
SUFFOLK
NR348JR

Objectives

3.1 TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN THROUGH THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MIGHT GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MIGHT BE IMPROVED; IN PARTICULAR, BY MEETINGS, LECTURES, RESIDENTIAL COURSES AND CLASSES AND OTHER FORMS OF LEISURE TIME, EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL OCCUPATION;3.2 THE PROVISION OF RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS BY MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES AND RESIDENTIAL COURSES;3.3 TO FURTHER THE ABOVE OBJECTS BY THE FOUNDATION AND MAINTENANCE OF S RESIDENTIAL COUNTRY CENTRE AND THE MAKING OF GRANTS TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO ATTEND THE CENTRE WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD TO DO SO.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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