Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

BEDALES SCHOOL

The education and training of children and young persons of both sexes.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£22,386£21,534£851£0£25,585£25,54714.23829
31/08/22£20,476£19,827£648£0£24,566£24,52714.83748
31/08/21£19,373£18,246£1,127£0£21,108£21,07513.93628
31/08/20£18,610£18,860£-250£0£18,583£18,54811.838610
31/08/19£19,279£18,731£548£0£18,830£18,81712.138610
31/08/18?£19,101£19,445£-345£66£19,418£19,405122630
31/07/17£18,097£17,624£473£56£19,179£19,165132520
31/07/16£17,921£16,801£1,120£52£17,434£17,36812.42590
31/07/15£18,304£16,840£1,465£122£17,570£17,50312.52550
31/07/14£17,283£16,318£965£96£16,385£16,18311.92490
31/07/13£16,623£15,789£834£76£15,160£15,07511.52560
31/07/12£16,248£15,384£864£79£14,166£14,134112550
31/07/11£16,007£15,226£780£79£14,182£14,15011.22510
31/07/10£15,605£14,686£919£72£13,542£13,510112670
31/07/09£15,455£14,547£908£65£12,183£12,152102600
31/07/08£14,680£13,988£692£69£12,534£12,50410.72670
31/07/07£13,727£12,839£888£375£11,992£11,96611.22660
31/07/06£12,442£12,410£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05*£11,117£11,291£-175n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04*£10,596£10,340£256n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 75%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 14.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 58 years
(91 years as a company)

www.bedales.org.uk

bursar@bedales.org.uk

01730300100

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Hampshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Backstage Trust - Project grant
£15,000 20/02/2023
Restoration of Steinway piano

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-72
  • CLARE LOUISE BRADBURY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Headteacher
  • CLAUDIA ISOBEL ARNEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • EDWARD IMPEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • EDWARD JOHN REES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Headmaster
  • FELIX GREY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Post Graduate Student
  • ISABELLA MARY ANNELIESE MYERS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Scientist
  • JESSICA BOYD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Barrister
  • JOHN MARK HANSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • OWEN JONATHAN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None
  • RICHARD BENEDICT LEWIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
  • STEPHEN ANTHONY NOKES (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Education Consultant
  • STEPHEN ROBERT LEHEC Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/08/1966, number: 307332
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/06/1933, number: 00276785
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
  • 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; AR05: 8 days late, AR04: 7 days late,
Main office

BEDALES SCHOOL
CHURCH ROAD
STEEP
PETERSFIELD
GU32 2DG

Objectives

TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY CARRYING ON A SCHOOL IN OR NEAR PETERSFIELD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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