Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • Spending declining: -1
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

THE WYVERN SCHOOL FOUNDATION 

Raising funds and making grants to The Wyvern School, Ashford, Kent for the acquisition of teaching and learning resources and facilities, and for the welfare of pupils.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers 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
  • Spending is declining
Established: 21 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
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
30/09/23£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/22£0£4£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/21£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/20£91£88£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/19£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/18*£28£28£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£1£5£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£14£9£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£40£51£-11£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£49£43£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£30£27£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£0£2£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£0£2£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£1£6£-5£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£3£12£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£31£23£8£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06£25£21£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£7£19£-12£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£59£38£21£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Kent,

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
The Clothworkers Foundation£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
True Colours Trust£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 29/05/2020
Sensory garden and wheelchair accessible all weather sports pitch and pathway.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Wyvern Foundation Trust
£20,000 04/02/2020
installation of a fully accessible sports pitch, wheelchair accessible pathway and sensory zone for a special school which works with children with disabilities in Kent
True Colours Trust - Towards new pathways and a sensory garden
£5,000 07/01/2020
Towards new pathways and a sensory garden
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wyvern School Foundation
£5,000 11/06/2015
towards the costs of installing specialist play equipment at a special school for children with complex and severe needs and disabilities in Kent
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Wyvern School Foundation
£9,500 05/12/2013
towards the cost of updating and eqipping an outdoor play area at a school for children with severe and profound disabilities in Kent

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/09/2003, number: 1099362
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 51 days late,
Main office

The Wyvern School
Great Chart Bypass
ASHFORD
Kent
TN23 4ER

Objectives

1. TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT WYVERN SCHOOL (THE SCHOOL) BY THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF ANY SPECIAL BENEFITS NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY.2. TO OTHERWISE PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS OR FORMER PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL UNDER THE AGE OF 25 WHETHER BY PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS OR OTHER ASSISTANCE CALCULATED TO PROMOTE OR FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS; AND 3. TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC LIVING WITHIN THE AREA FROM TIME TO TIME SERVED BY THE SCHOOL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRESENT AND FORMER PUPILS UNDER 25, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC LIVING WITHIN THE AREA SERVED BY THE SCHOOL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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