Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

ST PAUL'S GIRLS' SCHOOL

Provision of education to girls aged 11-18 by running an academically selective school offering a stimulating and ambitious programme of study with a rich and diverse extra-curricular programme. Bursaries enable a wide range of girls to take advantage of this exceptional education. The School's values and ethos are outlined on its website http://spgs.org/about/ethos/.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

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
31/08/23£26,166£25,029£1,137£645£58,523£39,5511926384
31/08/22£23,193£22,411£782£510£54,661£36,32819.5270106
31/08/21£21,911£20,430£1,481£425£53,710£34,45920.225479
31/08/20£21,531£20,518£1,013£496£47,983£31,72918.624979
31/08/19£21,237£19,713£1,524£208£46,553£31,1391923930
31/08/18£20,840£17,885£2,955£225£44,981£30,30620.32430
31/08/17£23,709£17,004£6,705£215£40,905£27,70519.62380
31/08/16£19,188£16,998£2,190£336£32,744£20,30914.32390
31/08/15£18,061£16,085£1,976£606£30,334£19,35314.41800
31/08/14£17,078£15,509£1,569£659£27,557£17,74613.71740
31/08/13£16,320£14,770£1,550£607£25,524£16,17013.11690
31/08/12£14,881£13,979£902£629£22,282£14,68112.61610
31/08/11£14,693£13,054£1,639£617£20,852£13,68712.61600
31/08/10£12,950£11,722£1,228£501£18,200£12,45312.71530
31/08/09£12,153£11,227£926£491£16,585£11,95812.81520
31/08/08£12,945£10,254£2,691£340£13,165£11,85013.91470

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 27%
Highest pay band: £250,000-£300,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 19 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.spgs.org

nicki.goodfellow@spgs.org

02076051125

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hammersmith And Fulham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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
St Paul's Schools Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Girls' School
£180,000 15/02/2024
36
Continuation Bursary Support to Benefit Students in Receipt of 100% Fee Remission
St Paul's Schools Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Girls' School
£100,000 18/05/2023
Partnership Coordinator role in tandem with the entrepreneurship programme (StartIt).
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Royal Ballet School
£140,000 27/04/2021
The Professional Skills Development Programme
St Paul's Schools Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Girls' School
£150,000 03/03/2021
36
In support of bursaries.
St Paul's Schools Foundation - Grant to St Paul's Girls' School
£75,000 28/04/2020
36
St Paul’s Girls’ School: Partnership Coordinator
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - COVID19 Rapid Response Fund Grant to St Paul's Girls' School
£10,000 03/04/2020
12
To be allocated where most needed amongst maintained schools in the West London Partnership for the purchase of IT and other educational equipment and supplies for their most disadvantaged pupils.
Staples Trust - Revenue Bursary (1988)
£5,000 29/11/2016
Towards its Revenue Bursary (1988).
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-74
  • ALEXANDER CLAYTON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Insurance Broker
  • CLARE HEBBES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Property Development
  • GILLIAN LOW MA Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired Head Mistress
  • GEETA KHEHAR Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Solicitor
  • GEOFFREY MATTHEWS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Club Secretary
  • JOY CLAIRE REYMOND Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Sustainability Consultant
  • JUSTINE ARCHER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Insurance
  • LEAH MORRIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Recruitment And Diversity & Inclusion Consultant
  • LISA BARCLAY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
  • MAIRI FIONA BREWIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Strategy
  • SIMON WALTER JULIAN WATHEN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Executive Director
  • ZEINA JALAL BAIN Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Private Equity
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/06/2007, number: 1119613
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/03/2007, number: 06142007
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; all on time
Main office

ST. PAULS GIRLS SCHOOL
BROOK GREEN
LONDON
W6 7BS

Objectives

1 TO PROMOTE IN GREATER LONDON THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF GIRLS AND BOYS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING TO CONDUCT AND MAINTAIN SCHOOLS IN OR NEAR TO GREATER LONDON FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.2 THE GOVERNORS SHALL PURSUE THE OBJECTS OF THE SCHOOL BY RUNNING A GIRLS SCHOOL AND MAY ONLY EDUCATE MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX WITH PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF AND SUBJECT TO ANY RESTRICTION IMPOSED BY THE MERCERS' COMPANY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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