Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE LIMITED 

The charity's object and its principal activity continues to be that of providing educational services to foreign students, including the provision of scholarships and the development of materials and methods of teaching English as a foreign language.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • 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
31/12/22£3,000£2,787£213£0£6,245£6,19926.7780
31/12/21£1,384£1,714£-331£0£6,033£5,98641.9480
31/12/20£1,610£2,523£-913£0£6,363£6,31730800
31/12/19£2,985£3,274£-289£0£7,334£7,33426.9770
31/12/18£2,832£2,853£-21£0£7,565£7,56531.8630
31/12/17£2,863£2,786£77£0£7,586£7,58632.7630
31/12/16£2,519£2,505£14£0£4,017£4,01719.2620
31/12/15£3,015£2,945£70£30£4,003£4,00316.3660
31/12/14£3,361£3,175£186£73£3,933£3,93314.9720
31/12/13£2,880£2,785£95£75£3,746£3,74616.1660
31/12/12£2,767£2,723£43£64£3,652£3,65216.1400
31/12/11£3,633£2,493£1,140£57£3,608£3,60817.4400
31/12/10£1,660£1,592£69£46£2,468£2,46818.6350
31/12/09£1,472£1,442£30£48£2,399£2,39920340
31/12/08£1,279£1,221£58£51£2,370£2,37023.3330
31/12/07£1,038£1,031£7£43£2,311£2,31126.9310
31/12/06£969£966£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£873£993£-121£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£952£1,070£-118£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 93%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 26.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -6 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 43 years

www.elc-schools.co.uk

info@elc-brighton.co.uk

01273721771

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Academic support
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove, Cheshire West & Chester, East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 78 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 52-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/03/1981, number: 281859
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/07/1980, number: 01508550
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR05: 16 days late,
Main office

33 PALMEIRA MANSIONS
HOVE
BN3 2GB

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. (SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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