Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

NORTH TYNESIDE LEARNING TRUST

North Tyneside Learning Trust is a collaboration of schools working in partnership with employers, universities and colleges to improve education and life chances for all children and young people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
31/12/23£526£654£-128£0£598£598117350
31/12/22£505£698£-193£0£726£72612.5964
31/12/21£567£723£-156£0£919£91915.39304
31/12/20£555£562£-7£0£1,075£1,075231066
31/12/19£548£624£-75£0£1,082£1,08220.8120
31/12/18£665£741£-76£0£1,157£1,15718.7130
31/12/17£686£653£33£0£1,432£1,43226.3130
31/12/16£542£599£-57£0£1,399£1,39928140
31/12/15£593£467£126£114£1,457£1,45737.480
31/12/14£1,069£692£377£109£1,331£1,33123.160
31/12/13£31,583£11,238£20,345£114£181,472£896140
31/12/12£34,487£14,355£20,131£44£152,210£12040

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 46%
Liabilities/Income: 97%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 11 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years

www.ntlearningtrust.org.uk

info@ntlearningtrust.org.uk

01918143899

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Tyneside,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - School Games Organiser
£15,867 06/09/2023
The project will support 450 SGOs who work across the country to support schools in their local area: to coordinate appropriate competitive opportunities for all young people from Key Stage 2-4, to recruit, train, and deploy a suitable workforce, ....more
Sport England - School Games Organiser
£7,933 14/03/2023
Funding under Sport England's School Games Organisers funding programme for a Revenue project titled School Games Organiser. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - School Games Organiser
£8,888 18/03/2022
Funding under Sport England's School Games Organisers funding programme for a Revenue project titled School Games Organiser. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - costs to provide 500 pupils from North Tyneside with their own “Science in a Box” kit to support home learning during the Covid-19 pandemic
£5,911 21/01/2021
costs to provide 500 pupils from North Tyneside with their own “Science in a Box” kit to support home learning during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - costs to provide 500 pupils from North Tyneside with their own “Science in a Box” kit to support home learning during the Covid-19 pandemic
£5,911 14/01/2021
costs to provide 500 pupils from North Tyneside with their own “Science in a Box” kit to support home learning during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the trust’s ‘Reading Recovery’ work with primary school children
£15,000 17/12/2020
the trust’s ‘Reading Recovery’ work with primary school children
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A 'World-changing ideas' STEM competition in 26 partner schools
£11,700 22/07/2019
A 'World-changing ideas' STEM competition in 26 partner schools
Sport England - National Rollout Phase 2
£33,500 07/06/2019
14
Funding under Sport England's Teacher Training Approach funding programme for a Revenue project titled National Rollout Phase 2. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Court Conversion
£50,000 21/02/2018
14
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Court Conversion. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
DCMS - ALB-Court Conversion
£50,000 21/02/2018
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Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Aim high with Raspberry Pi
£47,974 09/06/2017
Aim high with Raspberry Pi
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Seaton Burn College
£10,000 25/11/2013
Exploring our Heritage Stories
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-75
  • DAVID IAN HODGSON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director, Health Safety & Environment
  • GRAHAM ANTHONY WYNN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: University Professor
  • JOHN NEWPORT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Teacher
  • LAURA JANE BAGGETT (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Headteacher
  • MARJORY ELIZABETH BURDIS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Partnership Director
  • STEPHEN WILSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Teacher
  • STEVEN ALAN PHILLIPS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Teacher
  • TERRENCE GURR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/08/2011, number: 1143299
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/08/2010, number: 07353837
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

NORHAM HIGH SCHOOL
ALNWICK AVENUE
NORTH SHIELDS
NE29 7BU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND TRAINING FOR ALL THE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES OF NORTH TYNESIDE INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT ANY SCHOOL WHICH IS A QUALIFYING SCHOOL OR AT ANY OTHER SCHOOL IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE COMPANY ACTS OR HAS ACTED AS A FOUNDATION IT BEING ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN CARRYING OUT THE OBJECTS THE COMPANY MUST, SO FAR AS IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS PURPOSE, HAVE REGARD TO ITS OBLIGATION TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY COHESION UNDER THE EDUCATION ACTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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