Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 1

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 4

OCHIL TOWER SCHOOL LIMITED

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Established: 52 years

www.ochiltowerschool.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Charitable activities	£2,213,386	£2,339,630	£2,468,455	£2,524,007		£3,765,506
Donations & Legacies	£376,389	£270,164	£8,933	£933,399
Other Income		£6,183	£13,860	£13,207		£7,829
Investment Income	£4,421	£6,565	£5,759	£3,110		£13,972
Total income	£2,594,196	£2,622,542	£2,497,007	£3,473,723	£3,341,467	£4,107,109
Charitable activities spending	£2,173,411	£2,166,729	£2,411,968	£2,603,531		£3,648,671
Fundraising costs		0%	0%	0%
Other spending		£56,782	£82,267	£73,826		£133,982
Total spending	£2,173,411	£2,233,917	£2,495,765	£2,680,217	£3,261,679	£3,782,653
Surplus/deficit	£420,785	£388,625	£1,242	£793,506	£79,788	£324,456

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Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of education
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Where it operates

More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Perth And Kinross

Who it helps

Children or young people
People with disabilities or health problems

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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	03/10/2017	Life Skills Centre
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ochil Tower School
£3,443	04/08/2017	We are planning to build a life skills centre which will help young people to develop a range of independence and talents.
Robertson Trust - Ochil Tower School Life Skills Centre
£100,000	31/01/2017	Ochil Tower School Life Skills Centre
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Life Skills Centre
£30,000	30/11/2016	The Life Skills Centre will be of long term benefit to generations of young people with complex additional support needs. It will help equip forty each year with the necessary knowledge and skills ....more The Life Skills Centre will be of long term benefit to generations of young people with complex additional support needs. It will help equip forty each year with the necessary knowledge and skills for adult life.

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How is it governed?

Directors (7)

Current Directors appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 55-71

ALFRED, Laurence
Appointed: 2019
Occupation: Director

HEWITT, Geoff
Appointed: 2023
Occupation: Head Of Operations: The Salvesen Mindroom Centre

HODSON, Martin Stewart
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: General Director

ORR, Margaret Mary
Appointed: 2015
Occupation: Education Consultant

RANDS, Shaun
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Lead Project Manager

WHITAKER, Hugo William
Appointed: 2022
Occupation: Development Worker

WRAY, Laura Mackinnon Stewart
Appointed: 2011
Occupation: Advocate

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 26/07/1972, number: SC006091
Registered at Companies House on 26/07/1972, number: SC051098

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

Ochil Tower School, 140 High Street, Auchterarder, Perthshire, PH3 1AD

Objectives

3.1 The Charitable Purposes of the Trust ('the Charitable Purposes') are to educate and support young people at Ochil Tower School, Auchterarder, and elsewhere as appropriate, within the principles of the Camphill Movement, by adopting and administering a holistic approach to the support for and education of young people with a complex range of needs, so that these young people may find meaning in their lives and have the chance to develop their social, spiritual, cognitive and practical skills and potential, with the aim of helping them to integrate not only as fully as possible in the school community, where everyone has something to offer no matter what their ability, but also as far as possible within society more generally.

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