Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 14

Future income +5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +14

Overall GiG Score: 25

REKINDLE SCHOOL LTD

Rekindle is a unique supplementary school.It is primarily led by young people who helped design a school they know their peers need. Set to open its doors in March 2022, it will be for students from working class communities, for students no one really expects to adore education, for students who the regular system fails, rather than feeds.

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The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Established: 3 years

https://rekindleschool.org/

info@rekindleschool.org

07934595438

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 32%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Manchester City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 volunteers

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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

Esmee Fairbairn	£255,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£164,250
BBC Children in Need	£120,000
CHK Foundation	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Rekindle School
£120,000	06/10/2023	This grant will fund a Youth and Community Lead, building hire and overheads for a supplementary school for 11-14 year olds who are disenfranchised from education in Manchester, leading to improved ....more This grant will fund a Youth and Community Lead, building hire and overheads for a supplementary school for 11-14 year olds who are disenfranchised from education in Manchester, leading to improved safety, self-belief and love of learning.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rekindle School Ltd
£195,000	19/07/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs of the Rekindle School, supporting expansion and developing a Rekindle Foundation to develop youth led research, training and support spaces regarding UK education
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£15,000	01/06/2023	to support specified work
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - A Soulful Education
£150,000	06/03/2023	Rekindle School (Rekindle) is a unique supplementary school in South Manchester. The charity aims to inspire a change in the way we view 'success' in the UK state school education system. This grant ....more Rekindle School (Rekindle) is a unique supplementary school in South Manchester. The charity aims to inspire a change in the way we view 'success' in the UK state school education system. This grant will support a three-year youth-led campaign, with a national conference, extensive in-person and online teacher training series and sector-delivery programme. The longer-term business plan is designed to create six new Rekindle Schools in the next ten years - four in the north of England and two in London and Brighton.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Rekindle School Ltd
£60,000	21/04/2021	Towards unrestricted core costs of the Rekindle School, Manchester, led by working class young people with recent lived experience of the challenges their peers face and how to overcome them
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Rekindle School
£14,250	18/01/2021	Led by young people who hail from South Manchester, Rekindle is setting up a supplementary school in the area for young people aged 13-16 who struggle with the one-size-fits-all approach of regular ....more Led by young people who hail from South Manchester, Rekindle is setting up a supplementary school in the area for young people aged 13-16 who struggle with the one-size-fits-all approach of regular secondary comprehensives. The supplementary school, opening in September 2021, will aim to address the lack of cultural education or critical thinking in mainstream education. It will develop a curriculum that speaks to a multicultural and modern country that is connected to the rest of the world.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 20-50

AKEIM MUNDELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Assistant Principal

AUBREY ROGERS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student

FRANCISCA QUANSAH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Programme And Events Coordinator

NUH HAKIM-OKOMI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Youth Worker

SADHANA NARAYANAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student

SINEAD ANDREWS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Careers Advisor

DARREN CROSDALE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Teacher

JESSE WILLIAMS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Civil Servant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/01/2021, number: 1192950
Registered at Companies House on 13/09/2019, number: 12206728

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

2 returns made; AR21: 46 days late,

Main office

St Mary's Courtyard
St Mary's Street
Hulme
Manchester
M15 5WB

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING 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 INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION

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