Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

ST MARY'S SCHOOL, FINCHLEY, PARENTS' ASSOCIATION 

Advance education of the pupils in the school by developing effective relationships between staff and parents and engaging in activities or providing facilities to the school.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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

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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£29£14£16n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/08/21£10£24£-14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/20£12£21£-10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/08/19£32£19£13n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/08/18£26£33£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£31£29£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£27£20£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£32£29£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£29£28£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13*£29£12£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12*£35£34£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11*£30£15£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/10£37£43£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/09£39£32£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/08*£34£27£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/07*£31£23£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06£35£44£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£30£32£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£31£29£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 47 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • School support organisations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Barnet,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Friends of St Mary's CE Primary School
£250 19/07/2023
As requested by the fund holder towards the work of the school's Parent Teacher Association.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to St Mary's CE Primary School
£250 21/07/2022
As requested by the fund holder towards the work of the school's Parent Teacher Association.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/01/1977, number: 272592
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR13: 18 days late, AR12: 28 days late, AR11: 3 days late, AR08: 113 days late, AR07: 15 days late,
Main office

Friends of St Mary's Primary School
Dollis Park
LONDON
N3 1BT

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE 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.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ST. MARY'S SCHOOL FINCHLEY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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