Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 14
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 31 ?

GRIMM AND CO. LIMITED

To advance learning for public benefit in literacy and to act as a resource for young people up to the age of 18 by providing advice and assistance, organising programmes of learning/education. Helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/03/23£1,354£580£774£57£2,329£56011.613131
31/03/22£1,222£544£678£48£1,555£59513.11288
31/03/21£793£437£356£45£877£45912.61173
31/03/20£973£559£414£0£521£2946.310127
31/03/19£375£331£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£256£248£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£226£185£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£255£257£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£142£125£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 24%
Reserves/Spending: 11.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 12 months
Quick Ratio: 10.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 11 years

https://www.grimmandco.co.uk

info@grimmandco.co.uk

01709829750

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookInstagramX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Academic support
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield 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
DCMS£745,115
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£346,000
National Lottery Community Fund£281,123
Tudor Trust£62,000
BBC Children in Need£30,467
Esmee Fairbairn£26,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - A Call to Create
£196,000 17/07/2023
Grimm & Co are a literacy charity that champions the writer in every child. They build confidence, self-esteem and skills in both workshops for schools and in out of school and holiday clubs. This grant will support Grimm & Co to work with ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Grimm & Co.
£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’
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
£42,000 22/10/2021
To support cultural organisations who have received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants programme, in the first or second rounds, and can clearly demonstrate the financial need for further funding in order to be able to operate on a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Spotlights and Stepping Stones
£281,123 22/06/2021
The funding will help to continue providing volunteering opportunities for people in outreach settings and in Grimm and Co’s town centre building as well as activities that provide earlier communication/literacy support for under 5’s. The aim is ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Grimm and Co. Limited
£2,000 15/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Tudor Trust - Grant to Grimm and Co. Limited
£60,000 14/01/2021
24
over two years towards core costs at an organisation supporting vulnerable young people in Rotherham through literacy workshops and immersive creative writing
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Grimm & Co
£26,000 28/04/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
DCMS - Grimm's Imaginarium
£117,116 01/04/2020
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and ....more
DCMS - Conduits of Chronicles
£86,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund
£499,999 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Grimm & Co.
£29,967 20/03/2020
36
This project will support children and young people living in poverty with additional needs. It will deliver afterschool and weekend creative projects and holiday camps. It will improve their self-belief, empowerment and emotional wellbeing.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Chapter and Verse
£150,000 16/03/2020
A collaboration between Grimm & Co and ten Astrea Trust primary schools in Rotheram, Doncaster and Sheffield, Chapter and Verse aims to support teachers to develop and embed multi-disciplinary arts approaches to teaching and learning, including ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Write Stuff
£9,960 30/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver a community project involving performances and workshops exploring culture. The project aims to bring people together and to celebrate communities.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Grimm & Co
£156,000 05/12/2018
36
Towards the costs of an operations manager to support the organisation to expand its programmes to reach the most vulnerable children in Rotherham.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Once Upon a School: developing, piloting and evaluating creative writing activities in Rotherham schools.
£59,300 08/02/2016
15
This project builds on approaches to creative writing developed by Ministry of Stories and will trial them with children from eight primary schools and one secondary school in Rotherham. Grimm & Co aims to address barriers to learning and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Step Forward.... Volunteer
£254,776 09/09/2015
60
This is a new project to improve literacy in the area and provide opportunities for people to volunteer, gaining skills, whilst teaching and mentoring children, young people and adults how to read and write, improving their literacy and ....more
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-58
  • CHARLOTTE DIMOND Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Pr Consultant
  • DR JANE HODSON DR Appointed: 2014
  • DAN JOHN WHETSTONE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Client Services Director
  • DR LAUREN REA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: University Lecturer
  • JEREMY DYSON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Writer
  • KATHERINE VICTORIA LOUISE FERGUSSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Responsible Business
  • LISA ANN POGSON (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
  • NAZIM SHABIR Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • OLIVER MANTELL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Market Research
  • PHILIP TURNER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Managing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/12/2013, number: 1154990
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/11/2013, number: 08765731
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 03/06/2020, current status: Small charity
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
9 returns made; AR15: 27 days late,
Main office

Grimm & Co Ltd
Ship Hill
ROTHERHAM
South Yorkshire
S60 2HG

Objectives

3.2.1TO ADVANCE LEARNING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN LITERACY.3.2.2TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 18, BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE,ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF LEARNING/EDUCATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:3.2.2.1ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS,CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT,MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS3.2.2.2ADVANCING EDUCATION3.2.2.3RELIEVING THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT;3.2.3TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED,RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE OR/AND SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.3.3FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED'MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY,OR PARTS OF SOCIETY,AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:UNEMPLOYMENT;FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;YOUTH OR OLD AGE;ILL HEALTH(PHYSICAL OR MENTAL);SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS;DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX,RACE,DISABILITY,ETHNIC ORIGIN,RELIGION,BELIEF,CREED,SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT;POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT;RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN;POOR HOUSING(THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS;CRIME(EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great