Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 5

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 9

SCHOOL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Provides advice/support to members and information to others. Supports the development of effective school libraries and librarians, literacy, reading for pleasure and information literacy. Publishes a range of appropriate titles as well as a quarterly reviewing journal. Runs day training courses and also an annual conference/weekend course. Supports 16 national, regional and local branches.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 61 years

www.sla.org.uk

info@sla.org.uk

01793530166

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23	£413	£423	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/03/22	£272	£314	£-42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	230
31/03/21	£319	£301	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	109
31/03/20	£362	£378	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/03/19	£334	£336	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	138
31/03/18	£294	£284	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£320	£296	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£294	£261	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£301	£290	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£301	£290	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£301	£315	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£301	£315	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£321	£316	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£391	£319	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£323	£311	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£342	£301	£42	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£294	£273	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£248	£242	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£236	£249	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£241	£240	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Education/Training

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
200 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Foyle Foundation	£10,000
DCMS	£1,680
Quartet Community Foundation	£750

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - The School Library Association (Teen Book Awards)
£250	21/11/2022	As requested by the donor towards supporting everyone involved with school libraries to help promote high quality reading and learning opportunities, specifically towards The Bristol Teen Book Awards.
DCMS - Investment funds
£1,680	26/07/2022	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government to help deliver this vision.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£10,000	11/07/2022	towards the Information Book Award Book Club, to be spent across two years
Quartet Community Foundation - - The School Library Association (Teen Book Awards)
£500	12/11/2021	As requested by the donor towards supporting everyone involved with school libraries to help promote high quality reading and learning opportunities, specifically towards The Teen Book Awards.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

AMANDA MARY DEAVILLE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Librarian

AMANDA WHITEFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Principal Consultant

HANNAH LOUISE RICHARDSON Appointed: 2022

HELEN LOUISE CLEAVES Appointed: 2022

JOHN BRADFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Branch Distribution Director

KARAN KAUR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: School Librarian

PAUL REGISTER Appointed: 2022

RUTH HORSMAN Appointed: 2021

VICTORIA SARAH DILLY Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/02/1963, number: 313660

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

SN2 8AD
1 Pine Court
Kembrey Park
Swindon
UK
SN2 8AD

Objectives

4.1 TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ENDS THE USE OF LIBRARIES IN SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THOSE AGED 18 AND UNDER, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1) PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT, IN RELATION TO THE RUNNING OF A SCHOOL LIBRARY;2) PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT IN RELATION TO THE ACTIVITIES AND LEARNING THAT TAKE PLACE WITHIN A LIBRARY;3) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE BENEFITS THAT A SCHOOL LIBRARY CAN HAVE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LITERACY, WELL-BEING AND ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT; AND4) PROVIDING TRAINING, PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THESE OBJECTS.4.2 NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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