Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

GLENTHORNE QUAKER CENTRE

to provide a place where Quaker spiritual,charitable and educational concerns can be advanced.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

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
30/11/23£588£608£-20£0£2,615£4699.21320
30/11/22£525£520£5£39£2,636£48911.31320
30/11/21£472£374£98n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/20£319£416£-97n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/19£490£470£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/18£484£478£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/17£477£438£39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/16*£468£416£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/15£425£483£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/11/14?£399£387£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£388£407£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£708£389£319£89£2,635£43213.350
31/12/11£436£409£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£397£370£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£364£377£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£387£369£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£390£360£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£346£332£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£372£310£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£334£283£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 18%
Reserves/Spending: 9.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 60 years

www.glenthorne.org

info@glenthorne.org

01539435389

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Other congregations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALAN ROBINSON Appointed: 2015
  • ELEANOR MCCARTHY Appointed: 2023
  • GRACE MARSHALL OGILVIE Appointed: 2022
  • JAMES EDDINGTON Appointed: 2016
  • JAMES FOWLER Appointed: 2022
  • JIM PARIS Appointed: 2016
  • KIRAN DAXINI Appointed: 2024
  • MARGARET ELEANOR HILL Appointed: 2015
  • MICHAEL ALEC WATSON Appointed: 2017
  • PATRICK JOHN GRAY Appointed: 2019
  • RUTH ANNA WOODHEAD Appointed: 2020
  • WILLIAM NEWELL TAYLOR Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/07/1964, number: 232575
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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; AR16: 87 days late,
Main office

Glenthorne Quaker Centre
Easedale Road
Grasmere
LA22 9QH

Objectives

1) TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) 2) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR REST OR CONVALESCENCE 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL THINK FIT BY THE PROVISION OF A PLACE WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY MEET FOR ACTIVITIES OF AN EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE NATURE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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