Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -2

THE SCHOOL OF ARTISAN FOOD

The School of Artisan Food (SAF) aims to provide students, regardless of their background and socioeconomic circumstances, with an education in all aspects of artisan food production.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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		£1,490	£1,409	£82	£0	£714	£269	2.3	19	1
31/08/22	*	£1,390	£1,167	£223	£0	£488	£255	2.6	13	0
31/08/21	*	£1,466	£1,253	£214	£0	£265	£144	1.4	10	0
31/08/20		£4,160	£1,146	£3,014	£0	£-3	£-52	-0.5	14	0
31/08/19	*	£1,089	£1,370	£-281	£0	£-3,017	£-3,033	-26.6	15	1
31/08/18		£1,237	£1,107	£130	£0	£-2,736	£-2,741	-29.7	13	0
31/08/17		£1,114	£1,187	£-72	£0	£-2,866	£-2,877	-29.1	15	0
31/08/16		£654	£968	£-314	£0	£-2,793	£-2,811	-34.8	13	0
31/08/15		£777	£935	£-158	£19	£-2,479	£-2,503	-32.1	12	0
31/08/14	*	£733	£849	£-116	£15	£-2,321	£-2,423	-34.2	8	0
31/08/13		£664	£709	£-45	£17	£-2,205	£-2,366	-40	13	0
31/08/12	*	£709	£1,789	£-1,080	£14	£-2,160	£-2,263	-15.2	14	0
31/08/11	*	£589	£1,066	£-477	£30	£-1,080	£-1,106	-12.5	12	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 46%
Liabilities/Income: 41%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 38%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 14 years
(15 years as a company)

www.schoolofartisanfood.org

info@schoolofartisanfood.org

01909 532171

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Community food services

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

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
The Linbury Trust - Energy efficiency - School of Artisan Food
£3,600	13/12/2023	A one off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to The School of Artisan Food
£16,225	25/04/2019	A restricted grant of £16,225 towards an Open Day and the provision of short courses in artisan food skills for refugees. The School of Artisan Food aims to educate people of all backgrounds about ....more A restricted grant of £16,225 towards an Open Day and the provision of short courses in artisan food skills for refugees. The School of Artisan Food aims to educate people of all backgrounds about artisan food skills and the food system in general. It delivers food courses including short courses, 6 month advanced diplomas and 2 year FdSc in Artisan Food Production. This project will deliver short courses for refugees.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 50-78

ALISON JANE SWAN PARENTE, Occupation: Child Psychotherapist

DANIEL JESSEL Appointed: 2010, Occupation: None

FRAN WARDE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Sales And Marketing

HILARY HAMER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Self Employed

JOSEPH JOHN SCHNEIDER Appointed: 2017

MARTIN ANDERSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Lecturer

NICHOLAS JULIAN HATTON FCA CTA Appointed: 2019

SUSAN AMAKU Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Architect

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/12/2010, number: 1139632
Registered at Companies House on 05/11/2008, number: 06741463

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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

13 returns made; AR22: 11 days late, AR21: 64 days late, AR19: 22 days late, AR14: 0 days late, AR12: 32 days late, AR11: 19 days late,

Main office

The School of Artisan Food
Welbeck
WORKSOP
S80 3LR

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND OR ABILITY PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE TEACHING OF ALL ASPECTS OF THEORY, RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN THE FIELD OF SUSTAINABLE ARTISAN FOOD

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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