Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

FRIENDS THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY TRUST 

The Trust provides and maintains one or more homes in which young people in need of such assistance may reside in conditions calculated to assist to establish themselves in life as ordinary members of society.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

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
31/03/23*£3,745£2,988£758£62£4,298£4,28517.2570
31/03/22*£3,154£2,734£420£32£2,613£2,59911.4500
31/03/21£2,892£2,539£354£22£951£9434.5510
31/03/20£2,567£2,553£14£22£1,313£1,2986.1520
31/03/19£2,332£2,558£-226£22£838£8163.8480
31/03/18*£2,136£2,604£-467£25£1,357£1,3356.2500
31/03/17£2,458£2,405£53£20£1,275£1,2536.2500
31/03/16*£2,395£2,382£13£59£1,125£1,1045.6420
31/03/15£2,395£2,382£13£82£636£6233.1430
31/03/14£2,266£2,516£-250£74£1,350£1,0835.2420
31/03/13£2,118£2,188£-70£37£1,601£1,3237.3390
31/03/12£2,123£2,647£-524£30£1,860£1,5737.1390
31/03/11£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/10*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/09£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 17.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 7.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 16 years

www.glebehouse.org.uk

info@glebehouse.org.uk

01799584359

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Financial or material assistance
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-67
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/06/2008, number: 1124673
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/03/2008, number: 06525659
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR23: 43 days late, AR22: 3 days late, AR18: 139 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR10: 16 days late,
Main office

GLEBE HOUSE
CHURCH ROAD
SHUDY CAMPS
CAMBRIDGE
CB21 4QH

Objectives

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY FOR THE TREATMENT AND HELP OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSTABLE AND MALADJUSTED AND IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE:A BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING ONE OR MORE HOMES, HOSTELS OR COMMUNITIES IN WHICH CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED OF SUCH ASSISTANCE MAY RESIDE IN CONDITIONS CALCULATED TO ASSIST THEM TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES IN LIFE AS ORDINARY MEMBERS OF SOCIETY;B BY UNDERTAKING AS OPPORTUNITY MAY OCCUR IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOMES HOSTELS OR COMMUNITIES AFORESAID RESEARCH INTO THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE UNSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE MEANS BY WHICH THEY CAN BE FITTED AND BROUGHT TO LIVE AS NORMAL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY;C BY UNDERTAKING AS OPPORTUNITY MAY OCCUR CONSULTANCY WORK WITH RELEVANT PROFESSIONALS;D BY UNDERTAKING AS OPPORTUNITY MAY OCCUR WORK WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO HELP INTEGRATE THEM AS NORMAL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY;E BY UNDERTAKING AS OPPORTUNITY MAY OCCUR TRAINING EVENTS FOR RELEVANT PROFESSIONALS INTO THE UNSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF CHILDREN AND WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND SUFFOLK.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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