Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Fundraising costs low: +3

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 14

LEARNING WITH PARENTS

As a charity and through partnerships, we provide parental engagement programmes to support UK primary schools. Our programmes support parents, particularly those in disadvantaged areas, by providing them with videos and activities, through our inclusive online platform. We also lead the Parental Engagement Forum; a group of organisations mobilised to improve home learning across the sector.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/08/23	£656	£542	£115	£7	£198	£143	3.2	10
31/08/22	£289	£303	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/21	£280	£179	£101	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 3.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 13.9

Asset Split ?

Established: 4 years

www.learningwithparents.com

info@learningwithparents.com

01174769934

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Education support services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Dulverton Trust	£95,000
ZING	£70,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	06/01/2023	Supporting all families
Dulverton Trust - Core Funding 22/24
£60,000	19/10/2022	Core Funding 22/24
ZING - Core funding toward the continued development of the new Learning with Parents platform, and related projects
£35,000	01/04/2022	Learning with Parents are establishing themselves as the thought and action leader on embedding parental engagement in all aspects of school curriculum. To cope with increased demand on their ....more Learning with Parents are establishing themselves as the thought and action leader on embedding parental engagement in all aspects of school curriculum. To cope with increased demand on their services, our previous rounds of funding supported the hiring of a CTO, initial improvements to the back-end platform (in response to sudden increased demand during Covid-19 lockdowns), the redevelopment of the platform for both maths and english programmes, and further in-kind support under our digital stream. This funding round is toward to its continued development, related digital projects, and other core costs.
Dulverton Trust - Core costs
£35,000	09/06/2021	Core costs
ZING - Core funding toward the redevelopment of the Learning with Parents platform
£35,000	01/04/2021	Learning with Parents are establishing themselves as the thought and action leader on embedding parental engagement in all aspects of school curriculum. To cope with increased demand on their ....more Learning with Parents are establishing themselves as the thought and action leader on embedding parental engagement in all aspects of school curriculum. To cope with increased demand on their services, our last round of funding supported the hiring of a CTO, and improvements to the back-end platform (in response to sudden increased demand during Covid-19 lockdowns), with further in-kind support under our digital stream. The team have since rebuilt their back-end platform, and this funding round is toward to its continued development, related digital projects, and other core costs.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

AMANDA JANE SHEPARD Appointed: 2022

BENJAMIN THOMAS COLE Appointed: 2022

DAME SALLY ANN SHEILA DICKETTS Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: BROOK YOUNG PEOPLE,

KAYEYE CEDRIC NTUMBA Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: WATTS GALLERY TRUST, AURORA ORCHESTRA,

LESLEY CHRISTINE BIRCH Appointed: 2022

MARVA YVONNE ROLLINS OBE Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeship: SUCCESS CLUB CIO,

SHANAJ SALAHUDDIN Appointed: 2020

TARUN ABRAHAM Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/06/2020, number: 1189812

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Learning with Parents
Newminster House
27-29 Baldwin Street
BRISTOL
BS1 1LT

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT IN CHILDREN'S LEARNING

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