Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

WOODBROOKE QUAKER STUDY CENTRE 

Provision of learning to Quakers and others to advance the Quaker faith and enhance understanding of social and spiritual matters.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £4,256,352 available, equivalent to 32 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 61 years

http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/woodbrooke/

kevin.smith@woodbrooke.org.uk

01218241690

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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
31/12/22£1,349£1,577£-228£6£5,611£4,25632.437200
31/12/21£1,482£1,648£-165£6£6,172£4,51732.941250
31/12/20*£1,492£1,577£-85£6£5,927£4,45633.953160
31/12/19£1,736£2,110£-373£7£5,861£4,47925.554200
31/12/18£1,825£2,244£-418£477£5,821£4,64824.964250
31/12/17£1,805£2,135£-331£450£6,276£5,08028.6580
31/12/16£1,868£2,046£-178£433£6,348£5,17730.4570
31/12/15£1,836£2,079£-243£482£6,271£5,10729.5420
31/12/14£2,104£2,105£-1£484£9,045£7,75944.2440
31/12/13£2,013£2,061£-48£464£8,956£7,86145.8440
31/12/12£2,633£2,057£576£493£8,740£7,55544.1450
31/12/11£1,797£1,955£-158£464£7,976£6,77441.6400
31/12/10£1,678£1,849£-170£88£8,258£7,04345.7420
31/12/09£1,392£1,770£-378£430£8,316£7,15448.5390
31/12/08£1,518£1,772£-254£434£8,229£7,35849.8400
31/12/07£1,824£1,765£59£84£9,036£8,05854.8400
31/12/06£1,550£1,454£96£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£1,318£1,453£-135£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£1,431£1,488£-56£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 32.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
Who works here?
  • 37 employees
  • 200 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
£691,024 08/07/2023
Woodbrooke Learning and Research Programme
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
£140,000 19/03/2022
Woodbrooke Learning and Research
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
£337,672 07/07/2018
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Quaker education programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/04/1963, number: 313816
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 16 days late,
Main office

Fircroft College of Adult Education
1018 Bristol Road
Selly Oak
BIRMINGHAM
B29 6LH

Objectives

COLLEGE OR HALL OF RESIDENCE OR INSTITUTION PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND TRAINING IN CHRISTIAN WORK FOR MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS AND OTHER PERSONS AND ALSO PROVIDING INSTRUCTION ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC QUESTIONS AND IN CLASSICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL AND OTHER BRANCHES OF LEARNING AND SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL CULTURE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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