Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S UNIVERSITY LIMITED

To advance the education of and to provide care facilities of children of school age via the provision of recreational and leisure time activities in the interests of social welfare and thereby to improve the conditions of their lives.
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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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?£2,246£1,454£792£56£1,137£1,09291682
31/03/22£699£659£40£14£345£2434.417151
31/03/21£660£644£16£7£305£2875.313267
31/03/20£572£574£-2£61£290£2695.611267
31/03/19£468£468£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£431£408£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£418£416£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£406£389£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£321£307£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£235£256£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£389£188£201n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£166£166£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£110£106£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£124£118£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£129£99£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 9.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 16 years

www.hullchildrensuniversity.com

Rosanna.James@hull.ac.uk

01482 466045

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kingston Upon Hull City,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
BBC Children in Need£28,831
Two Ridings Community Foundation£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,837
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 07/08/2023
Main Grants award
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Children in Care programme
£10,000 06/12/2022
Funding will be used to deliver tailored learning experiences to children and young people in care. This bbuilds on other activities that the organisation is already doing with young people in care.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to THE HULL C.U. LTD
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 04/03/2022
Main Grants award
BBC Children in Need - Grant to THE HULL C.U. LTD
£28,331 31/01/2022
This project will deliver a programme of social, emotional and personal development activities for Looked After Children in Hull and the East Riding to increase self-confidence, improve social skills and build life skills and aspirations.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bags of care
£9,850 08/10/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a range of fun challenging creative and learning activities for children who have been taken into care. It will also be used to provide each child with a case of items intended to offer comfort and emotional ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Hull Children's University - 16/12/20
£1,500 13/01/2021
Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 02/10/2020
Core Costs
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid-19
£10,000 01/07/2020
Funding to provide educational parcels to over 300 children in Hull that are already behind in their education and further disengaging throughout this crisis.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for vulnerable children during Covid 19 emergency
£9,987 15/05/2020
4
The funding will be used to provide activity and educational packs for vulnerable children within the local area. The project aims to provide support and learning materials to help them stay engaged with education whilst also providing resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building a Family
£7,670 09/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to provide activities that will help young people bond and form a team. The project aim is for the young people to learn to work together and form a support network to help them as they move from care into independent living.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 29/04/2019
Core
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 02/10/2017
Core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Children in Care Project
£9,840 13/09/2017
12
The group will provide children in care with access to educational, cultural and social activities, raising their aspirations and motivation to provide positive changes in their lives.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 06/06/2017
WCA 2017-2018 Cohort
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hull CU Ltd
£28,369 10/05/2017
36
This project will deliver extra-curricular activities to young people who are looked after in Hull. The project will help young people to develop increased aspirations, confidence and social skills.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the salary of the Looked After Care Coordinator
£1,500 06/08/2015
Towards the salary of the Looked After Care Coordinator to help children in care experience local, regional and national activities to boost their education and widen their social experiences.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 52-73
  • ANDREW GARY HOLMES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Lecturer
  • ANITA FOY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Managing Director
  • JANET ADAMSON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Trustee
  • LEIGH CATHRYN HUDSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Hr Consultant
  • MIKE JACKSON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Professor
  • RICHARD FIELD (Chair), Occupation: Solicitor
  • RONALD WILLIAM DICKINSON Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired
  • RUTH MARIE TRUELOVE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Finance And Administration Manager
  • SUSAN JOHNS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Investment Manager
  • WENDY NEWMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Self Employed
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/06/2008, number: 1124329
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/09/2007, number: 06368105
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
  • 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
15 returns made; AR14: 0 days late,
Main office

Hull and East Yorkshire Children's University
Swale House
246 Cottingham Road
HULL
HU6 7RS

Objectives

3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AND PROVIDE CARE FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE.3.2 TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3.3 TO FURTHER ANY OTHER PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RECOGNISED BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AS CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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