Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

HOMEFIELD COLLEGE LIMITED 

Provision of residential and day education for young adults with autistic spectrum conditions, communication difficulties and learning disabilities and residential care and development for adults that are older (22+) with similar disabilities. Developing vocational and occupational skills that are relevant to the individual.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 18 years
(20 years as a company)

www.homefieldcollege.ac.uk

charity-commission@homefieldcollege.ac.uk

01509815696

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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
31/07/23£5,882£5,626£256£0£3,350£3,3507.11490
31/07/22£5,580£5,202£377£0£3,095£3,0957.11270
31/07/21£4,908£4,468£440£0£2,718£2,7187.31330
31/07/20£4,451£4,420£31£0£2,278£2,2786.21300
31/07/19£4,488£4,501£-13£0£2,246£2,24661280
31/07/18£4,124£4,129£-5£0£2,259£2,2596.61250
31/07/17£4,208£3,902£306£0£2,264£2,26471240
31/07/16£3,623£3,426£197£0£1,958£1,9586.91240
31/07/15£3,512£3,332£180£6£1,761£1,7616.31380
31/07/14£3,536£3,397£139£5£1,581£1,5645.51500
31/07/13£3,276£3,044£232£5£1,442£1,3525.31280
31/07/12£3,184£3,175£10£5£1,210£1,1284.31150
31/07/11£3,085£2,839£245£6£1,200£1,1064.71560
31/07/10£2,697£2,220£477£6£955£8864.81200
31/07/09£2,711£2,183£528£6£476£4302.41190
31/07/08£2,068£1,993£75£5£487£4372.61070
31/07/07£1,907£1,785£122£8£331£3262.2510

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 7.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 149 employees

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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to New Leaf Triangle CIC
£10,000 07/12/2017
12
towards capital funding for the creation of an outdoor education and training site in Leicestershire for children and young people with autism, learning disabilities and behavioural difficulties
National Lottery Community Fund - Transport your future
£10,000 11/04/2017
12
This is a project based in Sileby, serving people across Leicestershire. The project will purchase a car, in order to transport young adults with special educational needs and disabilities to an ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 47-76
  • DAVID JACKSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Student Services Marketing Leciester C
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/06/2006, number: 1114995
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/11/2003, number: 04956068
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

217 Loughborough Road
Mountsorrel
LOUGHBOROUGH
LE12 7AR

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES, EPILEPSY AND STUDENTS ON THE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A COLLEGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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