Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Excess reserves: -2
Pension deficit: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

BRIGHTON COLLEGE

Provision of a first class independent education for children between the ages of 3 to 18. Subject to donations and budgetary limits, scholarship awards are made on the basis of the individual's educational potential and bursary awards are made to enable academically able children to benefit where financial hardship might otherwise preclude.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 16 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £131,813,036 available, equivalent to 26 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
There is a pension deficit of £469,401

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	£69,043	£60,169	£8,875	£911	£141,248	£131,813	26.3	800	0
31/07/22	£64,870	£54,728	£10,142	£477	£131,318	£122,109	26.8	753	0
31/07/21	£53,927	£46,805	£7,122	£276	£121,253	£113,314	29.1	559	0
31/07/20	£54,248	£46,851	£7,397	£1,063	£111,935	£105,475	27	717	17
31/07/19	£54,119	£43,780	£10,339	£1,132	£104,570	£98,556	27	700	0
31/07/18	£51,714	£41,079	£10,635	£934	£93,844	£87,983	25.7	684	0
31/07/17	£47,944	£36,796	£11,148	£876	£82,794	£73,236	23.9	665	0
31/07/16	£49,092	£36,515	£12,577	£860	£70,975	£59,757	19.6	602	0
31/07/15	£44,459	£33,203	£11,256	£761	£57,931	£49,627	17.9	518	0
31/07/14	£41,018	£31,250	£9,768	£55	£42,600	£39,512	15.2	468	0
31/07/13	£35,191	£28,268	£6,923	£65	£33,171	£30,955	13.1	435	0
31/07/12	£30,841	£25,991	£4,850	£64	£26,321	£24,791	11.4	421	0
31/07/11	£27,752	£21,398	£6,354	£635	£20,371	£17,897	10	350	0
31/07/10	£23,286	£19,711	£3,575	£54	£14,017	£13,349	8.1	327	0
31/07/09	£20,698	£18,897	£1,801	£484	£10,331	£9,914	6.3	304	0
31/07/08	£18,174	£16,892	£1,283	£501	£8,593	£8,429	6	320	0
31/07/07	£17,029	£15,759	£1,270	£452	£7,459	£6,853	5.2	290	0
31/07/06	£14,969	£14,485	£483	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/05	£13,987	£13,493	£494	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/04	£13,076	£12,373	£703	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 41%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 26.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 61 years
(150 years as a company)

www.brightoncollege.net

01273704200

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Colleges and universities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Other charitable activities
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

800 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (16)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 55-76

ANDREW THOMAS CAYLEY CMG QC Appointed: 2016

JOHN CHRISTOPHER ANDREW BUSHELL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Architect

LORRAINE GIBSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Development Director

ROBERT JOHN STUART WEIR FCA, BA

ROBERT JAMES HANNINGTON FRICS FSA Appointed: 2017

THE RIGHT HON. LORD FRANCIS MAUDE OF HORSHAM

ADAM PETTITT Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Headmaster

ADRIAN ANDREW UNDERWOOD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

CHRISTINA JANE MAUDE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Member Of Parliament

PHILIP CHARLES WARD Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Headmaster

RICHARD THOMAS RICCI Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired

VICTORIA BYRNE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Lawyer

WILLIAM HENRY PETER JACKSON Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Finance

JOAN DESLANDES Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Headminstress, Other trusteeship: EDUCATION 4 CHANGE,

MARTINA ASMAR Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Lawyer (Retired), Other trusteeship: THE MALDEN TRUST LIMITED,

MILES TEMPLEMAN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Governor, Other trusteeship: NEWELLS SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/03/1963, number: 307061
Registered at Companies House on 18/09/1873, number: 00007663

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
Paying staff
Risk management
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

EASTERN ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN2 0AL

Objectives

TO PROVIDE A SOUND RELIGIOUS, CLASSICAL, MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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