Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: -7

Support Score: 1

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Static board: -3
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -12

FRIENDS OF ST NICHOLAS SPECIAL SCHOOL

Fund raising through fairs, discos, raffles etc. to support the educational opportunities for the children and young people of St Nicholas Special School.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely female
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 and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 45 years

www.st-nicholas.kent.sch.uk

c.davies@stns.org.uk

01227464316

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
31/03/23		£3	£2	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/22	*	£3	£8	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£2	£1	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£17	£23	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£97	£95	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/18		£33	£4	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£61	£129	£-68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£71	£13	£58	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£24	£9	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£7	£4	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£7	£4	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£9	£18	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£11	£8	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£21	£16	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£3	£4	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£24	£16	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£24	£16	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£23	£11	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£14	£11	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£23	£18	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

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
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Friends of St Nicholas Special School
£10,000	13/06/2018 12	towards the cost of creating a multi-use accessible outdoor sports area at a Special School in Kent
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	06/02/2018	Wheelchair accessible sports pitch
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Friends of St Nicholas Special School
£10,000	10/03/2016 12	towards the cost of updating playground equipment at a school for disabled children in Kent
True Colours Trust - outside play area
£5,000	16/12/2015	outside play area

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

ABBIE GILHAM Appointed: 2015

AMANDA STRATTON Appointed: 2016

FIONA RAY HORWOOD Appointed: 2018

FRANCESCA TODD Appointed: 2018

HEIDI ANNE DAWSON Appointed: 2018

KATHERINE WRIGHT Appointed: 2018

MICHELLE KEEN Appointed: 2018

NATALIE SPARKS Appointed: 2018

SAMANTHA BOWEN Appointed: 2018

SARAH HARRIS Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/03/1979, number: 277551

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 138 days late, AR11: 22 days late, AR09: 23 days late, AR07: 0 days late, AR05: 2 days late,

Main office

St. Nicholas Special School
Holm Oak Close
Nunnery Fields
Canterbury
CT1 3JJ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT THE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE CATCHMENT AREA OF ST. NICHOLAS SPECIAL SCHOOL

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