Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 10

Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Static board: -3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 3

FRIENDS OF SIR CHARLES PARSONS SCHOOL

'The Friends of Sir Charles Parsons School' are a registered charity who support the work of Sir Charles Parsons School by fundraising for specialist equipment and resources. Sir Charles Parsons School is a school for your people who have a range of additional needs including severe learning disabilities, complex learning disabilities and profound and multiple learning disabilities

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 8 years

www.scp.newcastle.sch.uk

helen.clarkson@scp.newcastle.sch.uk

0191 2952280

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£13	£14	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/21		£10	£4	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/12/20	*	£28	£29	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/12/19		£33	£60	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/18		£75	£53	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	15
31/12/17		£60	£43	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	*	£17	£9	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - InFarm2.x: Data enabled vertical farming with minimal waste and emissions and maximum efficiency and crop nutrition
£106,801	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=49078
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Sir Charles Parsons School
£30,000	13/06/2019	Purchase of adapted minibus for pupils with learning difficulties and disabilities
True Colours Trust - towards the purchase of a new minibus for the school
£5,000	11/01/2019	towards the purchase of a new minibus for the school
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Sir Charles Parsons Special School Bike Fleet Maintenance Mechanic Training
£3,831	28/03/2018	Sir Charles Parsons Special School Bike Fleet Maintenance Mechanic Training
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Friends of Sir Charles Parsons School (FOSCPS)
£10,000	30/01/2018	purchase of outdoor equipment for a charity which works with disabled people in Newcastle upon Tyne

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

HELEN CLARKSON (Chair) Appointed: 2016

JANETTE KEEN Appointed: 2017

JASON SWANN Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/02/2016, number: 1165658

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

7 returns made; AR20: 37 days late, AR16: 27 days late,

Main office

SIR CHARLES PARSONS SCHOOL
WESTBOURNE AVENUE
WALKERGATE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE6 4ED

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR BY:1) DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STAFF PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL;2) ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES OR PROVIDING FACILITIES OR EQUIPMENT WHICH SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS.

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