Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

COBHAM HALL

THE COMPANY OWNS AND MANAGES AN HISTORIC SITE IN WHICH IT OPERATES AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN MEMBERSHIP OF THE GIRLS SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, THE BOARDING SCHOOL ASSOCIATION AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES. THE SCHOOL SEEKS TO EDUCATE THE WHOLE PERSON BY EQUIPPING EACH STUDENT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITES AVAILABLE TO WOMEN IN THE WORLD AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/08/21£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£4,247£5,039£-792£116£3,839£3,8379.1770
31/08/19£4,450£4,486£-36£258£4,629£4,62912.4990
31/08/18£4,225£4,247£-22£224£4,665£4,66513.2882
31/08/17£3,826£4,117£-291£178£4,687£4,68713.7920
31/08/16*£3,915£4,120£-205£0£4,979£4,97914.5930
31/08/15*£4,132£4,253£-121£215£5,183£5,18314.6930
31/08/14£4,282£4,270£12£257£5,304£5,30414.9790
31/08/13£4,595£4,305£289£243£5,292£5,29214.7780
31/08/12£4,488£4,091£397£270£5,003£5,00314.7790
31/08/11£4,079£4,100£-21£191£4,606£4,60613.5790
31/08/10£3,885£4,086£-201£178£4,627£4,62713.6980
31/08/09£3,699£3,964£-265£195£4,828£4,82814.6980
31/08/08£3,755£3,788£-33£134£5,093£5,09316.1650
31/08/07£3,833£3,667£166£154£5,127£5,12716.8950
31/08/06*£3,457£3,572£-115n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£3,348£3,535£-187n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£3,618£3,471£146n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 63 years

www.cobhamhall.com

StandenD@cobhamhall.com

01474825903

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
Sport England - School Games Organiser - 198
£15,867 06/09/2023
The project will support 450 SGOs who work across the country to support schools in their local area: to coordinate appropriate competitive opportunities for all young people from Key Stage 2-4, to recruit, train, and deploy a suitable workforce, ....more
Sport England - School Games Organiser
£7,933 20/04/2023
Funding under Sport England's School Games Organisers funding programme for a Revenue project titled School Games Organiser. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - School Games Organiser
£7,933 15/03/2023
Funding under Sport England's School Games Organisers funding programme for a Revenue project titled School Games Organiser. This project is a Sport and Physical Activity project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • DR KATRINA O'NEILL-BYRNE Appointed: 2012
  • FRANKIE WHITEHEAD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Finance Director
  • JOHN ANDERSON CALDER DICK, Occupation: Director
  • MARTIN DAVID PENNELL
  • SARAH MCRITCHIE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Editorial Director
  • SUSAN ANNE MARGARET GRACE WEBB Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Head Teacher
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/11/1961, number: 313650
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/03/1961, number: 00686707
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR16: 24 days late, AR15: 26 days late, AR06: 18 days late,
Main office

Cobham Hall
Cobham
Gravesend
DA12 3BL

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF ONE OR MORE SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) TO MAINTAIN AND CARRY ON THE GIRLS' SCHOOL KNOWN AS COBHAM HALL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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