Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

HEARTWOOD HOUSE

Advancing the education of students aged 9 to 18 being students who are the victim of bullying or by reason of other emotional trauma or illness are unable to attend mainstream school by providing tuition and appropriate support for them in a safe learning environment until they are ready to return to mainstream education and employment.
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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£2,163£1,903£261£0£1,222£0n/a330
31/08/22£1,647£1,354£293£0£961£40270
31/08/21£988£895£94£0£669£20200
31/08/20£728£633£95£0£421£4218170
31/08/19£599£511£88£0£327£3037.1130
31/08/18*£530£437£93£0£239£2286.3130
31/08/17£487£408£79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£316£282£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£305£271£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£240£247£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£235£246£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£263£273£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£260£280£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£302£290£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09?£248£229£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£36£3£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£11£0£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 61%
Liabilities/Income: 87%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 19 years

www.heartwoodhouse.org.uk

admin@heartwoodhouse.org.uk

0208 8646433

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, Buckinghamshire, Camden, Ealing, Harrow, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Islington,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Red Balloon - NW London
£2,550 05/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,600 13/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Red Balloon - NW London
£76,500 18/06/2020
36
Horse Riding and Stable Management
Sport England - Horseriding
£8,640 26/02/2018
18
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Horseriding. This project is a Equestrian project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
DCMS - ALB-Horseriding
£8,640 26/02/2018
[Placeholder]
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Red Balloon Learner Centre NW London
£95,000 24/11/2016
36
£95,000 over three years (£30,000; £32,000; £33,000) towards the salaries, on costs and supervision costs of a Music Therapist post and an Art Therapist post. The contribution to the combined roles equating to 1 FTE.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-76
  • ANNA JESSIE LENTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Schoolteacher
  • GERALDINE AMY NORRIS (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director Of Operations
  • JAMES IAIN STOREY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Worker
  • KEVIN BARR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Health, Safety, Environment And Quality Officer
  • RICHARD HOWARD EVANS Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Retired Solicitor
  • SIMON JONES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
  • THOMAS WEBSTER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Nhs Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/06/2005, number: 1109947
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/03/2005, number: 05385733
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR18: 37 days late, AR07: 36 days late,
Main office

13 Kenton Road
HARROW
Middlesex
HA1 2BW

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AGED 9 TO 18 BEING STUDENTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF BULLYING OR BY REASON OF OTHER EMOTIONAL TRAUMA OR ILLNESS ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND MAINSTREAM SCHOOL BY PROVIDING TUITION AND APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR THEM IN A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT UNTIL THEY ARE READY TO RETURN TO MAINSTREAM EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH WEST LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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