Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

FRIENDS OF HEVER SCHOOL 

The 'Friends of Hever School' raises funds for the benefit of Hever C of E School in Hever, Kent.The main focus of the Friends fundraising at the moment, is to raise funds for facilities to enrich the children's education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 completely female

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 ?

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
31/07/23£31£22£9n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/07/22£22£26£-4n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/07/21£12£6£6n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/07/20£12£9£2n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/07/19£24£20£5n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/07/18£7£5£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£3£7£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£7£11£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£10£8£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£9£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£13£13£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£5£29£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£20£7£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£11£10£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09*£12£5£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£9£6£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£9£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06*£6£9£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05*£8£6£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04*£7£6£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 41 years

heverpta@hever.kent.sch.uk

01732862304

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • School support organisations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/06/1983, number: 287136
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR09: 29 days late, AR06: 349 days late, AR05: 29 days late, AR04: 6 days late,
Main office

Hever C of E Primary School
Hever Road
Hever
Edenbridge
TN8 7NH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR BY DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STAFF,PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL,ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES OR PROVIDING FACILITIES OR EQUIPMENT WHICH SUPPORT THE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CATCHMENT AREA OF THE SCHOOL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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