Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE 1100 PROJECT 

NONE
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

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*£16£13£3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£0£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£27£18£9n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20*£28£2£26n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£11£0£11n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£9£7£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£4£2£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£1£3£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£1£2£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£1£2£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£5£1£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£1£0£1£0£0£0NAN00
31/03/11£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/10£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/09*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.cityofbirminghamshool.com

enquiry@cobschool.com

0121 303 0272

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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 City of Birmingham School
£9,800 30/08/2017
City of Birmingham in the First World War

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/09/2003, number: 1099712
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR23: 7 days late, AR20: 310 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 44 days late, AR15: 25 days late, AR14: 279 days late, AR13: 644 days late, AR12: 22 days late, AR09: 35 days late,
Main office

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL
LINK CENTRE
JENKINS STREET
SMALL HEATH
BIRMINGHAM
B10 0QH

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN NEED BECAUSE OF A WIDE RANGE OF REASONS (INCLUDING SCHOOL EXCLUSION, SCHOOL REFUSAL, SOCIAL WELFARE PROBLEMS AND ABUSE), IN AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, COUNTRY LIFE AND RELATED SUBJECTS, AND IN THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND SELF-DISCIPLINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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