Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

INDEPENDENT LIVING IN WESSEX 

To improve the quality of life and relieve poverty sickness and distress among adults with a learning difficulty by the provision of a range of housing options in response to the needs and expressed preferences of such adults living in the local area
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£29£32£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£27£15£13n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£27£8£20n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£22£16£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£21£7£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£21£4£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£20£5£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£20£3£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£18£8£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£20£7£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£14£8£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£18£3£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£15£7£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£15£2£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£9£12£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£12£4£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07?*£15£7£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£13£8£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£10£1£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

paulvingoe@hotmail.com

01225866851

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 48-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/07/1997, number: 1063168
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/02/1997, number: 03326108
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR13: 97 days late, AR10: 33 days late, AR07: 153 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

254 Winsley Road
BRADFORD-ON-AVON
BA15 1QS

Objectives

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG ADULTS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY BY THE PROVISION OF A RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS AND EXPRESSED PREFERENCES OF SUCH ADULTS LIVING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WILTSHIRE, SOMERSET, DORSET

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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