Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 8

Support Score: 3

Excess reserves: -3
Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 13

THE SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION (INCORPORATED)

Primary function is to develop Church of England Education. Services are provided in the form of 1: Advice and Guidance to Teachers, Governors, Trustees and Chaplains. 2: Training and Development for School Staff and Governors 3: Project Manangement and support for the development of School Buildings and Facilities and 4: Support for the provision and development of Education Chaplaincy.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 19 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £20,373,417 available, equivalent to 30 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

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
31/12/23	£8,068	£8,091	£-23	£416	£25,264	£20,373	30.2	17	0
31/12/22	£8,879	£4,788	£4,091	£396	£25,086	£20,065	50.3	16	0
31/12/21	£9,234	£10,899	£-1,666	£487	£21,806	£20,250	22.3	16	0
31/12/20	£17,279	£6,442	£10,837	£324	£31,518	£27,300	50.9	15	0
31/12/19	£2,775	£2,445	£330	£165	£20,463	£18,152	89.1	17	0
31/12/18	£2,619	£2,276	£344	£93	£19,855	£17,515	92.4	16	0
31/12/17	£2,136	£2,166	£-30	£117	£17,594	£15,171	84.1	17	0
31/12/16	£1,932	£2,015	£-82	£144	£24,314	£21,872	130.3	18	0
31/12/15	£1,971	£2,414	£-442	£8	£34,995	£32,659	162.4	14	0
31/12/14	£1,627	£1,409	£218	£77	£8,900	£6,313	53.8	13	0
31/12/13	£1,519	£1,777	£-257	£185	£8,569	£6,184	41.8	14	0
31/12/12	£1,577	£2,117	£-541	£191	£8,670	£6,143	34.8	17	0
31/12/11	£1,633	£1,978	£-345	£108	£9,021	£6,022	36.5	15	0
31/12/10	£1,743	£2,149	£-406	£106	£9,410	£5,654	31.6	14	0
31/12/09	£1,655	£2,355	£-700	£52	£9,236	£4,629	23.6	13	0
31/12/08	£2,317	£1,725	£592	£52	£9,786	£4,551	31.7	15	0
31/12/07	£1,439	£1,587	£-148	£43	£9,504	£4,850	36.7	13	0
31/12/06	£1,067	£1,307	£-241	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£1,481	£1,449	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£1,518	£1,173	£345	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 40%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 30.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 58 years
(118 years as a company)

http://education.southwark.anglican.org/

sdbe@southwark.anglican.org

02072349200

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Secondary schools

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

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
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Enclosing of swimming pool and changing room improvements
£13,000	23/07/2020	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Enclosed pool and changing rooms. This project lists its main activity as Swimming & Diving.
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Swimming Pool Enclosure and Improved Changing Room Facilities
£94,000	24/07/2019	Towards a new swimming pool enclosure (for an outdoor pool), improved changing rooms and equipment to support disabled pool access at St Stephen's C of E Primary School in Godstone, Surrey. The ....more Towards a new swimming pool enclosure (for an outdoor pool), improved changing rooms and equipment to support disabled pool access at St Stephen's C of E Primary School in Godstone, Surrey. The improvements will mean the pool can be used throughout the year and the school can support more children to swim and by promoting greater community use of the facilities, the school will encourage more local people and community groups to become physically active.
Sport England - Resurfacing of artificial grass pitch
£20,000	25/04/2019 3	Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Resurfacing of artificial grass pitch. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (19)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 16/19 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-74

ALBERTA ROSENIOR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired Senior Leader

CHERYL PAYNE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Headteacher

DR CATHARINA STIBE-HICKSON Appointed: 2014

EKUNDAYO OLOMU Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Unknown

ELIZABETH BROAD Appointed: 2019

HELEN DIXON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Headteacher

HELEN POYTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Headteacher

IRENE WOLSTENHOLME Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

MARIA MCBEAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Teaching Assistant

MARTIN BRECKNELL Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Management Consultant

MILES WINTER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Assistant Headteacher

PROFESSOR PETER FLEW Appointed: 2023, Occupation: University Senior Leader

RIGHT REV DR ROSEMARIE MALLETT Appointed: 2020

REV ARIADNE ROLANDA VAN DEN HOF Appointed: 2017

REV ERICA MIELLE WOOFF Appointed: 2013

REV PAMELA ANN KURK Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Priest-In-Charge And School Chaplain

REV TOMOS REED Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Curate

THE RT REVD CHRISTOPHER THOMAS JAMES CHESSUN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Bishop (Church Of England)

VEN SIMON GATES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Archdeacon Of Lambeth

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/01/1967, number: 313001
Registered at Companies House on 28/11/1905, number: 00086641

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
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Southwark Diocesan Board Of Edn
48 Union Street
LONDON
LONDON
SE1 1TD

Objectives

2 Objects(a) The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit and specifically restricted to:2.1.1 promoting or assisting in the promotion of education in the Diocese that is consistent with the faith and practice of the Church of England;2.1.2 promoting or assisting in the promotion of religious education and religious worship in schools in the Diocese; 2.1.3 promoting or assisting in the promotion of church schools in the Diocese; 2.1.4 promoting co-operation between itself and other persons concerned with education in the Diocese.

Defined Area of Benefit:

DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK

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