Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

HEMDEAN HOUSE SCHOOL LTD

Hemdean House School is an Independent Day School that provides a high standard of education for children between the ages of rising 3 and 11, and high quality wrap-around care before and after school, and during the holidays.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£771£825£-54£125£76£761.1270
31/08/22*£603£755£-152£70£130£1302.1290
31/08/21£741£738£3£0£283£2834.6250
31/08/20£780£781£-1£0£280£2804.3250
31/08/19£580£745£-164£0£281£2814.5250
31/08/18*£575£800£-224£0£546£4256.4250
31/08/17£693£962£-269£0£1,181£1,18114.7360
31/08/16*£1,100£1,508£-408£0£1,450£1,45011.5280
31/08/15*£1,111£1,186£-75£6£1,858£1,85818.8280
31/08/14£1,087£1,041£46£6£1,933£1,93322.3240
31/08/13£1,055£1,004£51£6£1,887£1,33716240
31/08/12£1,047£942£105£7£1,836£1,28216.3240
31/08/11£913£893£20£10£1,731£1,17315.8230
31/08/10*£865£869£-4£5£1,770£92712.8240
31/08/09£860£805£55£9£1,773£91713.7230
31/08/08*£838£798£40£7£1,718£84812.8220
31/08/07£1,048£798£250£7£1,678£79411.9220
31/08/06£811£742£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05*£748£690£57n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£703£639£64n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 77%
Liabilities/Income: 33%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 52 years

www.hemdeanhouse.co.uk

office@hemdeanhouse.co.uk

01189472590

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Oxfordshire, Reading, West Berkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ANNA SPELLMAN Appointed: 2023
  • JILLY CARTER Appointed: 2019
  • JOHN BUXTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Corporate Financier
  • SUE MANSER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/01/1973, number: 309146
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/12/1972, number: 01085850
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 364 days late, AR18: 218 days late, AR16: 99 days late, AR15: 245 days late, AR10: 26 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR05: 19 days late,
Main office

HEMDEAN HOUSE SCHOOL
HEMDEAN ROAD
CAVERSHAM
READING
RG4 7SD

Objectives

TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP WITHIN THE UK ANY BOARDING OR DAY SCHOOL(S) FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OR EITHER SEX OR BOTH SEXES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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