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Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

FOREST SCHOOL, LONDON

The Charity provides education to boys and girls from the age of 4 to 18 years.
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Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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 gender

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£31,519£31,033£486£1,243£16,273£16,2396.32390
31/08/22£28,428£27,799£629£1,113£15,788£15,7536.82350
31/08/21£25,851£25,422£428£742£15,159£15,0757.12330
31/08/20£25,380£24,811£569£808£14,746£14,6427.13810
31/08/19£24,935£24,591£344£1,015£14,162£14,0966.93830
31/08/18£23,042£22,599£443£996£13,818£13,7527.33650
31/08/17£21,877£21,470£407£1,022£13,375£13,3087.42210
31/08/16£20,853£20,435£418£986£12,968£12,9017.62150
31/08/15£19,633£19,210£423£929£12,556£12,4877.82120
31/08/14£18,294£17,780£514£845£12,133£12,0648.12070
31/08/13£18,555£16,562£1,993£747£11,620£11,5398.42030
31/08/12£15,705£15,455£250£626£9,627£9,3167.21980
31/08/11£14,413£14,334£79£496£9,165£8,8347.41920
31/08/10£13,802£13,670£132£367£8,920£8,5717.51890
31/08/09£13,745£13,477£268£331£8,578£3510.31870
31/08/08£12,950£12,788£162£357£8,195£7,8177.31890
31/08/07£12,559£11,974£584£372£8,034£7,6517.71840
31/08/06£11,651£11,142£510n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£10,684£10,140£544n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£9,854£9,291£563n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £200,000-£250,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 6.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 60 years
(77 years as a company)

www.forest.org.uk

info@forest.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Waltham Forest,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-70
  • DAVID THOMAS MONTI WILSON (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DR SANIYA MARRIAM HADI Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Doctor Of Medicine
  • GERALDINE CLAIRE ATLEE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Lawyer
  • JANE DAVIES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • NEENA LALL OBE Appointed: 2014
  • PAUL SAMPAT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Managing Director Equities Technology
  • SIMON THOMAS PERRY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
  • STEVEN BERRYMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Educator
  • THE VENERABLE ELWIN WESLEY COCKETT Appointed: 2012
  • WILLIAM FULLER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Owner Of Building Company
  • YEMISI GIBBONS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/08/1964, number: 312677
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/02/1947, number: 00429150
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

FOREST SCHOOL
COLLEGE PLACE
LONDON
E17 3PY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TO ESTABLISH AND PROVIDE, CONDUCT, CARRY ON, ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ANY BOARDING OR DAY SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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