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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 2
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

GREENPOWER EDUCATION TRUST 

The primary objective of Greenpower is to inspire young people to excel in science, technology, engineering andmathematics through a unique challenge: to design, build and race an electric car. To achieve this, thecharity develops car kits, parts and the technical regulations for the events it arranges; enabling participants to experience competing and problem solving in teams.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Income has been volatile recently


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Established: 14 years

www.greenpower.co.uk

accounts@greenpower.co.uk

01243552305

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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
31/12/22£1,063£1,038£25£0£116£330.41035
31/12/21*£948£997£-50£0£91£-72-0.91235
31/12/20£1,091£1,053£37£0£141£-6-0.11325
31/12/19£1,442£1,594£-152£0£104£120.114150
31/12/18£1,332£1,361£-29£0£256£1851.612120
31/12/17*£1,336£1,262£74£71£285£2352.280
31/12/16£1,175£1,065£110£34£211£1501.760
31/12/15£1,052£1,076£-25£0£101£1001.150
31/12/14£772£770£2£4£126£126250
31/12/13£701£672£29£8£124£1071.950
31/12/12£634£577£57£5£95£95250
31/12/11£286£247£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£166£167£-1£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 60%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 28%
Reserves/Spending: 0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 35 volunteers

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 16/07/2021
2021 Support to mitigate COVID-19
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Greenpower North East Expansion Plan
£15,000 11/10/2016
Towards Greenpower North East Expansion Plan

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-83
  • AJAI AHLUWALIA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Principle Electrical Engineer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/01/2010, number: 1133536
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/05/2009, number: 06909767
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR21: 20 days late, AR17: 8 days late,
Main office

Green Power Education Trust
The Green Power Centre
Arundel Road
Fontwell
Arundel
BN18 0SD

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECTS OF SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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