Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

    SERVICES FOR EDUCATION LIMITED 

    Delivery of music, health and education, and learning and assessmemt services
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • 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:

    • Over half the Board have joined recently

    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
    31/08/22£6,969£6,812£157£0£2,827£2,6054.62160
    31/08/21£7,216£6,283£933£0£2,670£1,9433.72310
    31/08/20£6,931£6,822£109£0£1,737£1,4972.62570
    31/08/19£7,482£6,732£751£0£1,628£1,4162.52470
    31/08/18£7,777£7,873£-96£0£1,219£8501.32450
    31/08/17£8,128£8,260£-132£0£882£5630.82750
    31/08/16£8,144£8,834£-690£0£-341£-555-0.82570
    31/08/15£8,353£8,156£197£10£1,669£1,4622.22400
    31/08/14*£7,425£7,742£-317£8£1,623£1,4902.32270
    31/08/13£9,876£7,409£2,468£7£2,458£2,3293.8190

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
    Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 31%
    Liabilities/Income: 19%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
    Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
    Quick Ratio: 2.1
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 12 years

    SERVICESFOREDUCATION.CO.UK

    ENQUIRIES@SERVICESFOREDUCATION.CO.UK

    0121 366 9950

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Technical, vocational and continuing education
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Birmingham City,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 216 employees

    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
    DCMS£4,902,587
    Youth Music£149,147
    The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
    Department for Education£9,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    DCMS - Music Education Hub Funding
    £1,976,947 24/03/2022
    Music Education Hubs are groups of organisations such as local authorities, schools, other hubs, art organisations, community or voluntary organisations working together to create joined-up music ....more
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Services For Education
    £10,000 25/05/2021
    purchase of instruments for a charity supporting people with disabilities and the surrounding community in Birmingham
    Department for Education - Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Bursaries and School Direct Salaried And Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PGTA)
    £9,500 01/04/2020
    To support recruitment & retention of trainees employed as unqualified teachers to become qualified teachers in maintained schools in England.
    DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund
    £250,000 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund 2
    £656,000 01/04/2020
    To support Arts and Culture throughout England
    DCMS - Music Education Hub funding 2020-2021
    £2,019,640 01/04/2020
    The wider aim of the scheme is: Music Education Hubs are groups of organisations such as local authorities, schools, other hubs, art organisations, community or voluntary organisations working ....more
    Youth Music - Inspiring Sounds
    £149,147 10/05/2019
    Inspiring Sounds
    DCMS - Music Education Hubs 2018/2020
    £2,028,419 01/04/2019
    Music Education Hubs 2018/2020
    DCMS - TPS 2019/20
    £39,866 01/04/2019
    I am writing to offer you a grant of up to £39,866 towards your Music Education Hub teacher pension contributions for 2019/20, as allocated by the Department for Education.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 09/05/2018
    Services For Education - Core Costs
    DCMS - Music Education Hubs 2018/2020
    £2,014,978 01/04/2018
    Music Education Hubs 2018/2020
    Youth Music - Soundtots
    £29,995 09/03/2018
    Soundtots
    National Lottery Community Fund - The National Children's WW1 Remembrance Concert
    £35,000 16/11/2017
    11
    The National Children's WW1 Remembrance Concert
    National Lottery Community Fund - Growing up with Family Learning.
    £10,000 02/11/2016
    12
    This project is the development of a series of DVDs based on picture books to be used in family learning sessions for parents and their children with educational needs. This will provide accessible ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (9)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 32-72
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/09/2012, number: 1148848
    • Registered at Companies House on 15/08/2011, number: 07739831
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    Filing Record
    10 returns made; AR14: 44 days late,
    Main office

    Unit 3 Holt Court
    Holt Street
    Birmingham Science Park
    Aston
    Birmingham
    B7 4AX

    Objectives

    1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF HIGH QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING; 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CARE, SAFETY AND UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY:(A) SUPPORTING AND ASSISTING THOSE IN NEED, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS; (B) PROMOTING THEIR HEALTH; (C) ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION; 3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND TEACHING OF MUSIC.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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