Overall GiG Score: -2 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 1
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +1

GUST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL LTD 

GUST provides education and training to young people with learning/social difficulties who have been excluded or are at risk of exclusion from mainstream education, working with students to improve their academic, social, moral and personal development to enhance their ?life chances? within the local and wider communities with a view towards gaining future employment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 and a Community Foundation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 19 years

www.getustartedtraining.org.uk

getustarted@hotmail.com

01670850943

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
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
31/03/22£866£712£154£0£564£5489.2160
31/03/21£657£668£-11£0£410£3947.1150
31/03/20£619£606£13£0£421£4048150
31/03/19*£658£573£85£0£407£3577.5160
31/03/18£650£512£139£0£322£2826.6162
31/03/17£443£393£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£492£429£63£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£323£334£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14?£134£144£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/13£380£334£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/12£327£306£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/11£289£328£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/10£297£264£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/09£258£261£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/08£277£263£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/07*£244£220£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/06*£165£161£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/10/05*£38£48£-10£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 9.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 17.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 16 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,

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
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - garage project
£3,000 05/03/2018
garage project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 59-71
  • WILLIAM GIBB (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Deputy Head Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/03/2005, number: 1108544
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/10/2004, number: 05264900
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR19: 235 days late, AR16: 52 days late, AR15: 34 days late, AR07: 12 days late, AR06: 363 days late, AR05: 291 days late,
Main office

1 Haldane Street
Ashington
NORTHUMBERLAND
NE63 8SF

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE(A) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF NORTHUMBERLAND IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS IN THE LOCAL AREA BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES (NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY) FOR EDUCATION BY THE ORGANIZATION.(C) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH A WAY BE THOUGHT FIT INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF TRAINING TO INCREASE CHANCES OF FINDING EMPLOYMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTHUMBERLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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