Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 3

Liabilities <10%: +3
Good reserves management: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

COMMUNITY CARE OPTIONS

Care and welfare for people with a disability consisting of a range of services.Services we provide are supported living and outreach for learning disabilities, mental health, physical disabilities. Counselling. Other projects we support are Bolton Shopmobility,,

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants
This charity has a robust balance sheet
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

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

Established: 32 years

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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
31/03/23	*	£716	£697	£19	£0	£455	£452	7.8	26	0
31/03/22		£650	£643	£7	£0	£436	£433	8.1	26	0
31/03/21		£597	£691	£-94	£0	£429	£427	7.4	31	0
31/03/20		£740	£773	£-32	£0	£493	£491	7.6	37	2
31/03/19		£713	£794	£-81	£0	£525	£523	7.9	39	3
31/03/18		£815	£867	£-52	£0	£605	£603	8.3	46	0
31/03/17		£767	£827	£-59	£0	£657	£655	9.5	45	0
31/03/16		£756	£872	£-116	£0	£716	£714	9.8	40	0
31/03/15		£660	£883	£-223	£14	£832	£830	11.3	40	0
31/03/14		£635	£855	£-220	£14	£1,055	£1,053	14.8	40	0
31/03/13		£638	£910	£-272	£13	£1,334	£1,317	17.4	43	0
31/03/12	*	£2,434	£2,225	£208	£13	£1,606	£1,573	8.5	121	0
31/03/11	*	£2,392	£2,280	£111	£0	£1,398	£1,382	7.3	80	0
31/03/10	*	£2,516	£2,302	£214	£13	£1,286	£1,272	6.6	120	0
31/03/09		£2,460	£2,292	£168	£15	£822	£812	4.3	117	0
31/03/08		£2,333	£2,179	£154	£101	£905	£893	4.9	105	0
31/03/07	*	£2,411	£2,332	£79	£76	£595	£580	3	115	0
31/03/06	*	£2,269	£2,139	£130	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£1,717	£1,646	£71	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,384	£1,347	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	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: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 7.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 11.8

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bolton,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

26 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Stepping Stones
£351,501	26/01/2015 36	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Comco Skills Training
£264,979	11/02/2013 24	The aim of this existing project is to increase the confidence, motivation, esteem of unemployed disabled adults with a physical or learning disability or health related issues in Bolton. It aims to ....more The aim of this existing project is to increase the confidence, motivation, esteem of unemployed disabled adults with a physical or learning disability or health related issues in Bolton. It aims to help them to overcome barriers to inclusion and to have better chances of employment.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

ANTHONY CONNELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: Citizens Advice Bury and Bolton Limited,

ALAN JOSEPH PAGE Appointed: 2024

MAUREEN CONNELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/08/1992, number: 1013819
Registered at Companies House on 03/09/1991, number: 02642512

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 2 days late, AR12: 12 days late, AR11: 120 days late, AR10: 25 days late, AR07: 3 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 22 days late,

Main office

6 Christchurch Lane
BOLTON
BL2 3QF

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WHO ALSO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS,CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS AND PROFOUND PHYSICAL AND/OR SENSORY DISABILITIES)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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