Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

FRIENDS OF WALLANDS SCHOOL 

Friends of Wallands School (Parent Teacher Association)
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be 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
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/07/22£20£20£0n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/07/21*£7£8£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/20*£5£0£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/07/19£22£11£11n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/07/18£11£0£10£0£0£0n/a050
31/07/17£13£0£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£13£3£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£9£1£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£10£4£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£19£12£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12?£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/11£5£1£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/10£7£19£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09£10£4£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/08£7£1£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/07£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/06£11£12£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/05£7£1£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/04£9£7£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 40 years

http://wallandsschool.org/

friendsofwallands@gmail.com

07968691114

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • School support organisations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 30 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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Friends of Wallands c/o Wallands School
£3,545 11/05/2020
Friends of Wallands is run by volunteers and supports additional activities and needs at Wallands school. Wallands School has identified 18 families with children age 3-11 who currently have no means ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/12/1983, number: 288187
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; AR21: 4 days late, AR20: 4 days late,
Main office

FRIENDS OF WALLANDS SCHOOL
Lewes Wallands Cp School
Gundreda Road
LEWES
BN7 1PU

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL (NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY).

Defined Area of Benefit:

CATCHMENT AREA OF SCHOOL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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