Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

BLACKHEATH PREP 

To provide academic excellence for pupils aged 3 to 11, whilst allowing pupils to benefit from our extra-curricular programme.
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/22*£5,632£5,957£-325£0£9,150£9,14118.4900
31/08/21*£4,959£5,674£-714£0£9,475£9,46020900
31/08/20£4,880£4,712£167£0£10,176£10,16625.9920
31/08/19*£5,119£4,845£274£0£9,975£9,96524.71000
31/08/18£4,822£4,392£430£0£9,701£9,69226.5900
31/08/17£4,723£4,312£411£0£9,271£9,25325.8900
31/08/16£4,463£4,119£344£0£8,860£8,83625.7900
31/08/15£4,313£3,935£378£29£8,516£8,48125.9870
31/08/14£4,087£3,476£612£16£8,138£8,09027.9810
31/08/13£3,847£3,336£511£39£6,267£6,24122.4830
31/08/12£3,682£3,244£438£22£5,757£5,72521.2790
31/08/11£3,514£3,001£513£27£5,319£5,30221.2760
31/08/10£3,305£2,869£436£41£4,806£4,79620.1710
31/08/09£2,893£2,698£195£16£4,370£4,37019.4670
31/08/08£2,666£2,622£44£39£5,988£5,98327.4580
31/08/07£2,493£2,384£109£16£5,945£5,94029.9570
31/08/06£2,325£2,262£63£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£2,059£1,841£219£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£1,784£1,648£136£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 45%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 18.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3
Asset Split ?
Established: 57 years

www.blackheathprepschool.com

info@blackheathprepschool.com

02088580692

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Education support services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Greenwich,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 90 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/11/1966, number: 312732
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: 00672569
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 25 days late, AR21: 75 days late, AR19: 261 days late,
Main office

BLACKHEATH PREP
4 ST. GERMANS PLACE
BLACKHEATH
LONDON
SE3 0NJ

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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