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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

THE ABBEY SCHOOL, READING 

The provision of education to girls aged 3-18.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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
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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
31/08/23£20,125£20,428£-303£32£16,666£16,6249.83180
31/08/22£19,098£18,422£676£21£17,058£17,01411.13210
31/08/21£17,382£17,017£365£27£16,511£16,47311.63280
31/08/20£17,122£16,947£175£12£15,879£15,85111.23530
31/08/19£17,781£17,218£563£57£15,751£15,751113590
31/08/18*£17,519£17,054£465£0£15,085£15,08510.63430
31/08/17£16,219£16,668£-449£0£14,625£14,62510.53350
31/08/16£16,045£15,542£503£0£15,032£15,03211.63480
31/08/15£15,652£14,695£957£24£14,417£14,41711.82420
31/08/14£14,820£14,009£811£21£13,432£13,20711.32340
31/08/13£14,121£12,950£1,171£20£12,553£12,32811.42280
31/08/12£13,520£12,614£906£21£11,321£10,93410.42200
31/08/11£12,531£12,107£423£27£10,337£9,9459.92260
31/08/10£11,736£11,400£335£16£9,870£9,474102020
31/08/09£11,291£10,897£394£100£9,502£9,102101780
31/08/08£10,840£10,173£666£102£9,137£8,73310.31580
31/08/07£10,296£9,648£648£105£8,518£8,11010.11590
31/08/06£9,381£8,831£550£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£8,638£8,246£393£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£8,226£7,713£514£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 38%
Liabilities/Income: 50%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 9.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 62 years
(110 years as a company)

www.theabbey.co.uk

bursar@theabbey.co.uk

01189876911

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Reading,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 318 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-76
  • JULIE BUTLER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/09/1962, number: 309115
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/01/1914, number: 00133676
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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; AR18: 45 days late,
Main office

THE ABBEY SCHOOL
17 KENDRICK ROAD
READING
RG1 5DZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE SCHOOL IS ESTABLISHED ARE: 4.1 TO CARRY ON A SCHOOL (BOTH FOR DAY STUDENTS AND BOARDERS) PROVIDING OR IMPARTING AND DEVELOPING A LIBERAL, PRACTICAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION FOR GIRLS AND BOYS OF ALL CLASSES, TO INCLUDE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE DOCTRINES AND DUTIES OF CHRISTIANITY AS TAUGHT BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; AND 4.2 TO ESTABLISH, CONTROL AND MAINTAIN A BOARDING-HOUSE OR BOARDING-HOUSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOL TO BOARDERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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