Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

DEBATE MATE SCHOOLS LIMITED 

Debate Mate aims to tackle educational disadvantage in some of Britain’s most deprived communities. It does this by recruiting and training university students to run extra-curricular debate workshops in schools with an above average percentage of children eligible for Free School Meals.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 17 years

www.debatemate.org

info@debatemate.com

02079228008

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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 Volun-
teers
31/08/22£1,319£1,263£56£37£1£10150
31/08/21£995£946£49£24£-55£-55-0.7170
31/08/20*£1,057£1,230£-173£23£-104£-104-1200
31/08/19*£1,401£1,402£-1£46£69£690.6200
31/08/18£1,300£1,262£38£52£70£700.7150
31/08/17£1,225£1,227£-1£79£32£320.3150
31/08/16£1,423£1,413£10£181£33£330.3160
31/08/15£1,095£1,086£10£127£23£230.3140
31/08/14?£1,315£1,236£79£89£13£130.1110
30/06/13£755£708£46£135£-66£-66-1.1100
30/06/12£579£575£4£62£-112£-112-2.380
30/06/11£497£616£-119£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£496£491£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£315£274£41£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08*£104£147£-43£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 99%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 15 employees

Who's supporting 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
John Lyon's Charity£90,000
BBC Children in Need£34,947
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
DCMS£13,087
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Debate Mate Schools Ltd
£2,600 17/01/2023
£2,600 (6.5 days) to provide an eco audit.
Wates Foundation - Helping Disadvantaged Students Learn Key Life Skills - RWF May 2022
£7,000 19/05/2022
We will deliver our Core Programme of after-school debate clubs and our Accelerate Programme specifically for students disengaged with education and/or at risk of exclusion to two schools from ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Debate Mate Schools Limited
£90,000 18/11/2021
Core After-School Debating Programme
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Debate Mate Schools Limited
£30,500 30/07/2021
This project will deliver an after school debate club with children and young people affected by poverty in Liverpool, developing confidence and self esteem and supporting them to develop social ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 27/11/2020
Helping Disadvantaged Students Learn Key Life Skills
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Debate Mate
£887 30/09/2020
Working to increase social mobility through training courses, better facilities or parenting support
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,640 28/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Debate Mate Schools Limited
£4,447 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staffing and technology to support children affected by poverty and deprivation who are isolated at home due to Covid-19. This will improve skills and ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,447 28/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Dulverton Trust - Life skills for disadvantaged pupils ? Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019
£10,000 12/06/2019
Life skills for disadvantaged pupils ? Big Give Christmas Challenge 2019
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 07/03/2019
Core Funding for 2018-19 Debate Mate Schools Programmes
Dulverton Trust - Life skills for disadvantaged pupils
£105,000 24/10/2017
Life skills for disadvantaged pupils
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 09/10/2017
Helping disadvantaged young people to acquire key life skills through debating
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Debate Mate Schools Limited
£125,325 14/06/2017
36
A three year funding application for debating clubs for 640 9-11 year olds per year from primary schools in areas of high local deprivation. The project aims to increase life skills, confidence and ....more
Comic Relief - School Debating Activities
£36,446 21/02/2017
3
Debate mate has a demonstrable, impressive record of its achievements. It has made debating cool in schools which would not usually associate with this type of activity. Most schools now operate a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Debate Mate Seven City Project
£353,560 04/04/2016
36
A project to enable disadvantaged young people to develop vital communications skills to improve their chances in education, training or employment. The project will run debating clubs with students ....more
Dulverton Trust - teaching debating skills to disadvantaged young people in Nottingham
£25,000 19/06/2013
teaching debating skills to disadvantaged young people in Nottingham
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Debate Mate Limited
£90,000 20/07/2011
Towards core and project costs for a programme that develops young people's critical thinking and communication skills through debating techniques.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 26-70
  • BRITT LINTNER (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Fund Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/10/2007, number: 1121222
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/06/2007, number: 06279466
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR20: 8 days late, AR19: 38 days late, AR08: 224 days late,
Main office

Tripod
Lambeth Town Hall
Brixton Hill
LONDON
SW2 1RW

Objectives

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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