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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

FUN 

The charity is established to help people with a learning or physical difficulty to relieve or reduce such difficulty by providing fun through recreational facilities and activities. This includes providing (a) respite care and support to young adults and children of 16 or over, and (b) domiciliary care and support to young adults living independently.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • All of the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
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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£1,074£925£149£0£1,374£1,37417.8330
31/03/22£1,003£931£72£919£1,225£1,22515.8330
31/03/21£1,032£866£166£0£1,152£1,15216290
31/03/20£918£934£-16£0£986£98612.7330
31/03/19£961£854£107£0£1,002£1,00214.1320
31/03/18£845£767£78£0£896£89614320
31/03/17£864£697£167£0£817£81714.1330
31/03/16£726£684£41£0£651£65111.4280
31/03/15*£650£606£45£8£610£61012.1290
31/03/14£594£539£54£8£564£56412.6250
31/03/13£652£582£69£9£510£51010.5230
31/03/12£696£565£131£9£441£4419.4200
31/03/11£630£552£78£3£310£3106.7200
31/03/10£527£468£59£5£232£2325.9240
31/03/09*£473£441£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£311£310£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£176£189£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£177£160£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£141£110£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£134£85£49£0£0£0n/a00
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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: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 17.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 16 months
Quick Ratio: 7
Asset Split ?
Established: 31 years

enquiries@funsuffolk.org.uk

01473822699

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 33 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 63-67
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/10/1993, number: 1027046
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/09/1993, number: 02854790
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR15: 111 days late, AR09: 24 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Ananda House
Magdalen Road
Hadleigh
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP7 5AD

Objectives

TO HELP PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING OR PHYSICAL DIFFICULTY TO RELIEVE OR REDUCE SUCH DIFFICULTY BY PROVIDING FUN THROUGH RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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