Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 7

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 17

THE BRILLIANT CLUB

The Brilliant Club exists to increase the number of pupils from under-represented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities. We do this by mobilising the PhD community to share its academic expertise with state schools.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Fundraising costs are unusually 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:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 12 years

www.thebrilliantclub.org

hello@thebrilliantclub.org

020 3758 3991

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/07/23	£6,357	£6,650	£-293	£205	£2,830	£2,689	4.9	323	66
31/07/22	£7,490	£6,444	£1,046	£155	£3,123	£3,019	5.6	322	39
31/07/21	£8,295	£7,169	£1,126	£157	£2,077	£2,034	3.4	586	0
31/07/20	£6,607	£6,883	£-276	£87	£951	£924	1.6	236	0
31/07/19	£6,029	£5,979	£49	£61	£1,227	£984	2	70	0
31/07/18	£6,315	£6,150	£165	£0	£1,177	£959	1.9	60	0
31/07/17	£5,130	£5,076	£54	£0	£1,012	£738	1.7	56	0
31/07/16	£3,865	£3,817	£49	£0	£962	£571	1.8	32	0
31/07/15	£2,236	£1,653	£582	£10	£913	£778	5.6	20	0
31/07/14	£1,022	£837	£185	£8	£331	£331	4.7	17	0
31/07/13	£459	£400	£59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 6.7

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

323 employees
66 volunteers

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£200,000
Dulverton Trust	£105,000
Nesta	£91,600
David & Elaine Potter Foundation	£35,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Dulverton Trust - The Scholars Programme in Yorkshire and Humberside 2022-25
£105,000	19/10/2022	The Scholars Programme in Yorkshire and Humberside 2022-25
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£35,000	28/04/2022	Core funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
£100,000	04/06/2021	Core Costs/Unrestricted Grant
Nesta - AC01285
£91,600	10/12/2020	National Tutoring Programme programme grant to The Brilliant Club Grant Ref AC01285
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award - COVID19 response
£100,000	29/05/2020	Core Costs/Unrestricted Grant
Dulverton Trust - The South West Scholars Programme
£100,000	13/06/2018	The South West Scholars Programme
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Brilliant Club
£119,557	05/03/2014	Towards the core and development costs of its child and parent tutoring programme.
Dulverton Trust - Full Extension into the West Midlands
£75,000	23/10/2013	Full Extension into the West Midlands
Dulverton Trust - the West Midlands Programme Extension
£25,200	24/10/2012	the West Midlands Programme Extension

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-78

ADRIANA SELAGE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Go-To-Market Strategy & Operations

CARA CINNAMON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

CAROLINE JANE CARTER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor Of The Higher Courts (Non Practising), Other trusteeship: THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION,

DOMINIC JAMES HERRINGTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: National Schools Commissioner

DR JOSEPHINE ANNE STRETCH (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ceo

HANNAH NENNA CHUKWU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Publishing Professional

JOHN PAUL TIMOTHY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chief Executive

JONATHON JAMES FERGUSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Co-Founder And Partner

PAWAN DHIR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Global Head, Financial Accounting And Controlling, Other trusteeship: THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL,

SIR IVOR MARTIN CREWE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/06/2012, number: 1147771
Registered at Companies House on 12/03/2012, number: 07986971

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

05/11/2020 - Asset transfer in from REACH SOUTH WEST
01/03/2024 - Asset transfer in from ACCESSED

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
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

11 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from REACH SOUTH WEST on 05/11/2020
Asset transfer in from ACCESSED on 01/03/2024

Main office

The Brilliant Club
17th Floor Millbank Tower
21-24 Millbank
London
SW1P 4QP

Objectives

The objects of the charity are, for the benefit of the public:2.1. to promote the advancement of education, in particular by seeking to widen university access amongst high performing pupils from low participation communities; and2.2. to pursue any other purpose that is charitable under English law.Throughout these Articles ?charitable? means charitable in accordance with the law of England and Wales provided that it will not include any purpose which is not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. For the avoidance of doubt, the system of law governing the Articles of the Charity is the law of England and Wales.

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