Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -10
Support Score: 4
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

FRIENDS OF OAKFIELD PARK

Fundraising for special needs school.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/21£14£10£4n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.oakfieldparkschool.co.uk

reception@oakfieldpark.wakefield.sch.uk

01977613423

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • SEN schools
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • City Of Wakefield,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

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
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Sir George Martin Trust£7,000
Co-Operative Group£3,552
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Friends of Oakfield Park School
£3,552 22/10/2022
We would like to buy a new minibus as the current school minibuses are between 10 to 19 years old and are nearing the end of their working life.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 30/09/2022
Project 2022 - Transport
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Friends of Oakfield Park School
£3,500 07/07/2022
Capital costs for Disability Support & Activities
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Friends of Oakfield Park School
£3,500 07/07/2022
Capital costs for Disability Support & Activities

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • EVEY JASMINE BROGAN Appointed: 2022
  • NICOLA CRYER (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • TRACY BUNKO Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/05/2020, number: 1189613
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

Oakfield Park School
Barnsley Road
Ackworth
PONTEFRACT
WF7 7DT

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND WELLBEING OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES TO ENHANCE AND ENRICH THE EDUCATION AT OAKFIELD PARK NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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