Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL 

Co - Educational Day School
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

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
31/08/23£14,375£13,490£885£29£27,210£22,4432024010
31/08/22£13,451£12,524£928£125£26,385£21,37020.522310
31/08/21£12,540£11,876£664£44£25,696£20,48120.721610
31/08/20£15,336£12,454£2,883£143£24,907£19,66118.924015
31/08/19£12,116£11,955£161£236£22,027£17,55417.625820
31/08/18£11,764£11,608£156£47£21,833£17,406182590
31/08/17£11,784£11,222£562£276£21,630£17,20018.42590
31/08/16£11,392£10,909£482£58£20,685£16,78318.52060
31/08/15£10,957£10,213£744£82£20,153£16,27019.11940
31/08/14£10,600£9,948£652£285£19,438£15,56718.81890
31/08/13£10,448£9,822£626£246£18,786£14,90918.21900
31/08/12£10,365£9,620£744£281£17,911£14,38917.91870
31/08/11£9,976£9,347£629£335£17,202£13,79217.71900
31/08/10?£13,288£13,558£-270£96£16,574£13,17511.71930
31/03/09£9,381£9,141£240£45£16,622£13,20817.31620
31/03/08£8,883£8,625£259£130£16,382£12,99218.11600
31/03/07£8,105£8,100£6£114£16,123£12,98519.21570
31/03/06£7,377£7,238£139£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£7,169£6,903£266£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 20 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 20 years

www.wellingboroughschool.org

naj@wellingboroughschool.org

01933233413

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 240 employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-71
  • DOROTHY LINE Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Member Of Institute Chartered Accountants Of Scotl
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/01/2004, number: 1101485
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/10/2003, number: 04931009
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Wellingborough School
London Road
WELLINGBOROUGH
Northamptonshire
NN8 2BX

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE SCHOOL IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF A CO-EDUCATIONAL DAY OR BOARDING SCHOOL IN OR NEAR WELLINGBOROUGH AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY (THE OBJECTS).

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN OR NEAR WELLINGBOROUGH

Data Sources

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