Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 1
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

GILLINGHAM SCHOOL 

PROVIDING OR ASSISTING THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL BENEFITS, GRANTS AND SCOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES AND PROMOTING EDUCATION
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • The Board is predominantly male

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
05/04/23£57£42£15n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/22£282£282£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£21£17£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20£29£21£7n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/19£23£22£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/18£26£38£-12£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£25£28£-4£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£162£156£6£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£92£111£-20£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14£216£202£13£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13£213£221£-8£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12£90£95£-6£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11£199£195£4£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£289£390£-101£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£107£22£85£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£22£16£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£43£19£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£103£106£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£22£18£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£24£27£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 61 years

phenderson@gillingham-dorset.co.uk

01747825718

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Primary schools
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

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
Sport England - School Games Organiser
£15,867 07/09/2023
The project will support 450 SGOs who work across the country to support schools in their local area: to coordinate appropriate competitive opportunities for all young people from Key Stage 2-4, to ....more
Sport England - School Games Organiser
£7,933 14/03/2023
Funding under Sport England's School Games Organisers funding programme for a Revenue project titled School Games Organiser. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on ....more
Sport England - School Games Organiser
£8,888 22/03/2022
Funding under Sport England's School Games Organisers funding programme for a Revenue project titled School Games Organiser. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/04/1963, number: 306212
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 21 days late, AR07: 269 days late, AR06: 45 days late, AR05: 60 days late,
Main office

1 KNAPP COTTAGES
WYKE ROAD
GILLINGHAM
SP8 4NQ

Objectives

A DAY OF BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS OR GIRLS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DORSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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