Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 11

Reasonable growth: +1
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 16

CHILDREN'S UNIVERSITY TRUST

CU is an extra-curricular education programme working with children aged 5 - 14 to ignite a passion for learning, to raise aspirations and build self confidence. Children are presented with a diverse menu of quality-assured activities and credits are awarded for participation. Once sufficient credits have been amassed, children's efforts are celebrated with certificates and graduation ceremonies.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
This charity is endorsed by a respected charity impact evaluator
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 17 years

www.childrensuniversity.co.uk

contactus@childrensuniversity.co.uk

01612412402

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£362	£483	£-121	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£596	£523	£73	£0	£199	£126	2.9	5
31/03/21		£287	£317	£-30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£363	£367	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£350	£373	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£290	£345	£-55	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17		£319	£385	£-66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16		£534	£562	£-28	£18	£304	£290	6.2	4
31/03/15		£547	£659	£-112	£56	£332	£318	5.8	6
31/03/14	*	£326	£202	£124	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13		£599	£697	£-98	£5	£320	£306	5.3	5
31/03/12		£728	£623	£106	£5	£418	£369	7.1	4
31/03/11		£928	£954	£-26	£4	£313	£178	2.2	3
31/03/10		£753	£679	£74	£54	£338	£61	1.1	3
31/03/09		£1,124	£1,120	£4	£4	£264	£9	0.1	2
31/03/08		£733	£473	£260	£6	£260	£8	0.2	2

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 19%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Dulverton Trust	£35,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£15,338
Department for Work and Pensions	£8,196

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Westminster Children's University
£2,410	22/10/2022	Our aim is to provide a range of free cultural and enrichment activities for the community alongside mental health and wellbeing support and training, and out of school support for our young people.
Department for Work and Pensions - BALLETT VENTURES LIMMITED TRADING AS BALLETT CONTOURS
£6,696	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Dulverton Trust - Core Costs 2020/21
£35,000	28/10/2021	Core Costs 2020/21
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	23/07/2021	Children's University Online
Department for Work and Pensions - BALLETT VENTURES TRADING AS BALLETT CONTOURS
£1,500	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Children's University
£15,338	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Co-Op Foundation - CU Trust Development Grant
£2,500	14/01/2020	Pay for desk space at Federation beyond their support period, to build on their existing partnerships with other organisations supported through the programme.
Nesta - AC00876
£50,000	27/02/2019 16	Future Ready Fund programme grant to Children's University (CU Trust) Grant Ref AC00876
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Westminster Children's University
£6,452	19/11/2018	We want to provide extra curricular opportunities, such as food workshops, to raise the aspirations of disadvantaged children.
Co-Op Foundation - Luminate desks
£16,686	10/07/2018	Expand children’s horizons by putting familiar activities such as after school sports and clubs on the same online platform as culture and arts activities, STEM opportunities, and FE and ....more Expand children’s horizons by putting familiar activities such as after school sports and clubs on the same online platform as culture and arts activities, STEM opportunities, and FE and employer-led outreach programmes.
National Lottery Community Fund - Children's University Digital Transformation Implementation
£9,800	21/03/2018 12	This group will use the funding to create an online platform for children to safely and securely record what extra-curricular activities they are doing and help them find other learning opportunities ....more This group will use the funding to create an online platform for children to safely and securely record what extra-curricular activities they are doing and help them find other learning opportunities in their local area.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Children's University
£164,453	24/01/2018 36	Towards a children's inclusion manager post to expand a programme which increases children’s life skills and ambitions into areas of deprivation in order to ensure greatest social impact.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000	09/10/2017	Inclusion and Engagement Programme
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Children's University
£120,000	29/01/2013	Towards the salary of a head of development who will help expand their out-of-school learning centres into regions of higher deprivation.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-65

JANET WILKINSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

JACKIE DUNNE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Deputy Vice Chancellor

LOUISE RICHMOND Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Business Development And Partnerships

NATASHA BLUNT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher

PETER RICHARD BEDDOWS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Finance Director

TANIA SULTANA HARDCASTLE-HILL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Regulator

VICTORIA EDITH CHARLES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Assistant Director Of Technology And Data

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/2007, number: 1118315
Registered at Companies House on 05/12/2006, number: 06018900

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR14: 133 days late,

Main office

C/O Slade & Cooper
Beehive Mill
Jersey Street
Ancoats
Manchester
M4 6JG

Objectives

3 OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 TO PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATION, CARE AND RECREATION OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE BY MAKING FACILITIES, SUPPORT AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THEM, ESPECIALLY DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS;3.2 TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUCH FACILITIES, SUPPORT AND SERVICES;3.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH EDUCATION, CARE AND RECREATION, INCLUDING PARENT CARERS AND MENTORS; AND 3.4 TO FURTHER ANY OTHER PURPOSES OR PURPOSES RECOGNISED BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AS CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

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