Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

IDEAL FOR ALL LIMITED

Ideal For All is a user led organisation promoting inclusion and independent living for people with disabilities. It does this by providing a diverse range of services to enable people with disabilities to live as independent a life as possible.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 gender

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£1,332£1,326£7£0£987£9878.94050
31/03/23£1,297£1,328£-31£0£981£9548.64150
31/03/22£1,254£1,234£20£0£1,011£1,0119.84320
31/03/21£1,402£1,230£173£0£991£9889.63950
31/03/20?£1,222£1,042£180£0£819£8199.43750
31/03/18£1,102£1,046£57£0£630£6257.2350
31/03/17£954£885£69£0£573£5377.3320
31/03/16£789£780£8£0£504£4587290
31/03/15£658£780£-122£37£496£4967.6230
31/03/14£1,108£1,212£-104£61£618£3133.1390
31/03/13£1,446£1,502£-56£71£722£7055.6320
31/03/12£1,550£1,525£26£69£778£7305.7330
31/03/11£1,571£1,631£-60£72£752£7355.4390
31/03/10£1,433£1,387£46£74£813£7916.8450
31/03/09£1,409£1,430£-21£164£767£4323.6410
31/03/08£1,409£1,359£51£170£787£4514410
31/03/07£1,192£1,287£-95£137£737£4784.5440
31/03/06£1,359£1,334£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£1,260£1,188£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,217£1,127£90n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 8.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 8.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 26 years
(28 years as a company)

www.idealforall.co.uk

info@idealforall.co.uk

01215585555

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£454,391
DCMS£95,701
Wolfson Foundation£30,000
Disability Action£24,466
Lloyds Bank Foundation£14,775
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Health for All (Building Connections with Nature & the Community
£454,391 27/07/2023
This funding will be used to establish the Better Health for All programme which will support disabled people people with learning difficulties and those with long term mental health conditions in Sandwell through green wellbeing sessions support ....more
Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
£24,466 01/11/2020
The project will provide aa tailored and bespoke information, advice and guidance telephone service. Increased capacity to deliver online services
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Ideal for All Ltd
£14,775 24/07/2020
Grant to Ideal for All Ltd meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£95,701 30/06/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Ideal for All
£30,000 05/12/2019
Replacement of a fully accessible portacabin used to deliver training sessions to adults with disabilities
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
£39,875 01/04/2019
Disabled young people will co-design and run activities that offer improved social and learning time with peers experiencing similar barriers, develop new skills and improve mental wellbeing.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£79,600 08/03/2019
A grant to fund therapeutic gardening groups for people over 65 with a disability or health condition.
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Buddies
£100,000 19/02/2019
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This project will deliver a range of activities for disabled people and disadvantaged members of the community such as those with poor health. These include accessible wellbeing group activities involving therapeutic gardening groups, community food ....more
DCMS - Women Side by Side
£24,975 04/02/2019
Positive mental health and wellbeing is big news. Put simply its about feeling good and doing well in our day-to-day life. There are lots of things that can impact on this, affecting what we do, how we feel, the way we think and cope with situations ....more
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
£39,875 01/01/2019
Disabled young people will co-design and run activities that offer improved social and learning time with peers experiencing similar barriers, develop new skills and improve mental wellbeing.
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£10,000 20/12/2018
Supporting young disabled people to improve the spaces within the organisation and make it more welcoming to other young people
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£10,000 20/12/2018
Supporting young disabled people to improve the spaces within the organisation and make it more welcoming to other young people
Co-Op Foundation - Ideal for All - Building Connection Youth Strand Project
£79,750 06/12/2018
Disabled young people will co-design and run activities that offer improved social and learning time with peers experiencing similar barriers, develop new skills and improve mental wellbeing.
Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
£17,799 01/04/2018
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Ideal for All Ltd
£75,000 20/03/2018
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Sandwell based charity seeking core funding to oversee their work with people living with multiple disadvantages leading to long term unemployment. The are established with a good track record supporting people into work.
Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
£51,014 01/04/2017
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Power to Change - Ideal for All Ltd
£215,732 31/12/2016
12
Grant to Ideal for All Ltd
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Ideal for All Ltd
£15,000 17/02/2016
12
A charity that is supporting adults with disabilities across various parts of the Midlands - the grant will fund training and mentoring to improve communications (marketing; reaching new audiences and website development) and strategic planning.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ideal for All
£98,700 04/12/2014
36
towards three years' continuation funding of 'Growing Opportunities', a horticultural therapy and training for disabled and disadvantaged people in a deprived area of Birmingham
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 52-78
  • ANTHONY ASHFIELD Appointed: 2007, Occupation: N/A
  • CAROL GOFF (Chair) Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Housewife Carer
  • CATHERINE RICHARDS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • DOREEN VEALE Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Pensioner
  • DIANE CAMPBELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • DR MOHAMED LARADI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Engineer
  • LINDSEY BUCKNOR Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Self Employed
  • NEIL ALAN HERMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant
  • SANJIV VERMA Appointed: 2008, Occupation: N/A
  • SAMANTHA OWO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Hr Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/06/1998, number: 1070112
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/05/1996, number: 03196518
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

IDEAL FOR ALL LTD
INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTRE
100 OLDBURY ROAD
SMETHWICK
B66 1JE

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THE AGED SICK OR PERSONS WITH A PHYSICAL LEARNING OR SENSORY DISABILITY IN THE SANDWELL AREA OF THE WEST MIDLANDS WHO REQUIRE ASSISTANCE TO REALISE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND LEAD FULFILLING LIVES

Defined Area of Benefit:

SANDWELL AREA OF THE WEST MIDLANDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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