Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 14

JENNYRUTH WORKSHOPS LTD

The relief of people with learning disabilities by developing self-awareness,pride,dignity, confidence & social awareness. The charity gives training in the manufacture and sale of wooden & metal toys,household and other goods involving all aspects of a commercial operation - purchasing,manufacturing,selling,packaging and despatch,health and safety,monies etc and dealing with the public at large.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/05/23		£493	£340	£153	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/05/22		£293	£334	£-41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/05/21		£279	£271	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/05/20		£237	£239	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/05/19		£237	£202	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/05/18		£205	£188	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/17		£205	£201	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/16		£191	£177	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/15		£191	£177	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/14		£192	£176	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/13		£173	£190	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/12		£207	£178	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/11		£179	£166	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/10		£157	£156	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/09		£130	£144	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/08		£135	£127	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/07		£122	£120	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/06		£120	£111	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/05		£113	£85	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/05/04	*	£92	£64	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 22 years

www.jennyruth.co.uk

info@jennyruth.co.uk

01765606620

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Sports activities

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

North Yorkshire,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
35 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

Wolfson Foundation	£58,000
Rank Foundation	£15,000
The Clothworkers Foundation	£15,000
The Shears Foundation	£11,000
DCMS	£8,000
Two Ridings Community Foundation	£5,564

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Jennyruth Workshops Ltd
£5,500	08/04/2024 12	Jennyruth Workshops materials and staffing
Rank Foundation - Col Small Grant Jennyruth Workshops Ltd 2023
£5,000	30/06/2023	Jennyruth Workshops received a Cost of Living Small Grant to help cover the cost of Utilities.
Rank Foundation - Col Core Jennyruth Workshops Ltd 2023 Part
£10,000	27/04/2023	Jennyruth Workshops Ltd received a Cost of Living Core Grant to help cover the cost of staff salaries.
The Shears Foundation - Jennyruth Workshops Ltd
£5,500	12/01/2023	Jennyruth Step Change Staffing
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Jennyruth Workshops
£15,000	21/11/2022	Purchase of vehicle for a charity which works with disabled people in North Yorkshire
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Workshop Extension Fit Out
£3,000	17/05/2022	Funding for equipment to refurbish the kitchen and canteen so that neurodiverse adults, adults with learning difficulties, and volunteers and staff can take breaks, and so that the organisation can ....more Funding for equipment to refurbish the kitchen and canteen so that neurodiverse adults, adults with learning difficulties, and volunteers and staff can take breaks, and so that the organisation can host more workers each day.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Grant to Jenny Ruth Workshops Limited
£2,564	28/03/2022	A donation from High Sheriff of North Yorkshire Venetia Wrigley and her husband, administered by Two Ridings, given to Jenny Ruth workshops for members to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Jennyruth Workshops Ltd
£58,000	09/12/2021	Extension of workspace for social enterprise for use by adults with disabilities
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,000	17/07/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Replacement of old minibus
£10,000	09/08/2018 12	The funding will be used to replace the minibus. This will provide transport for disabled workers who are involved with the running and delivery of the organisation and its activities.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Jennyruth Workshops Ltd.
£15,000	23/10/2008 24	Towards Project costs Towards running costs for training workshops for moderate to seriously disabled persons with learning difficulties.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-78

DEBORAH SLEEP Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

PHILIP NEWTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics

ANDREW BURNS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

DAVID ELSY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: RIPON MUNICIPAL CHARITY,

DON GRUNDY (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

DR ROBERT STEWART JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired General Medical Practioner, Other trusteeship: GREAT OUSEBURN VILLAGE HALL,

KATE ROGATA Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director

NICOLA SCOTT Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Management Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2002, number: 1093957
Registered at Companies House on 27/05/2002, number: 04447730

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
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; AR04: 22 days late,

Main office

Jennyruth Workshops
Unit 5
Red House Farm
Bridge Hewick
RIPON
North Yo

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-AWARENESS, PRIDE DIGNITY, CONFIDENCE, SOCIAL AWARENESS, AND SOCIAL INTERACTION AMONGST SAID PEOPLE;2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONGST PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH TRAINING, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Defined Area of Benefit:

RIPON, NORTH YORKSHIRE

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