Finance Score: -12
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Return overdue: -3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -13 ?

BIRCHFIELD EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED 

Education of boys and girls aged 4 to 13.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static
  • Latest return is overdue

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
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
31/12/21*£0£11£-11n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20?*£1,577£1,875£-298£41£73£570.44510
30/08/19£1,338£1,584£-246£41£371£3502.64915
30/08/18£1,607£1,664£-57£36£1,343£1,2689.14615
30/08/17*£1,586£1,615£-29£34£1,400£1,40010.45015
31/08/16£1,499£1,573£-74£32£289£2642410
31/08/15£1,468£1,491£-24£49£363£3382.7400
31/08/14£1,536£1,536£0£61£387£3873400
31/08/13£1,502£1,550£-48£55£387£3873400
31/08/12£1,461£1,510£-49£54£435£4353.5400
31/08/11£1,536£1,589£-52£57£484£4843.7390
31/08/10*£1,540£1,554£-14£49£537£5374.1400
31/08/09£1,642£1,578£64£52£550£5504.2420
31/08/08£1,660£1,559£100£31£486£4863.7450
31/08/07*£1,510£1,510£0£40£386£3863.1450
31/08/06£1,470£1,456£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05*£1,462£1,478£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04*£1,639£1,678£-39£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 62 years

carole.pate@muras.co.uk

01902393003

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other education services
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Shropshire, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-79
  • JOHN SQUIRE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/06/1962, number: 528420
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/02/1962, number: 00714698
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR21: 4 days late, AR20: 73 days late, AR17: 94 days late, AR10: 27 days late, AR07: 197 days late, AR05: 40 days late, AR04: 5 days late,
Main office

REGENT HOUSE
BATH AVENUE
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV1 4EG

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS OF ENGLAND FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST MIDLANDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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