Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

RICHMOND ADVICE AND INFORMATION ON DISABILITY (RAID)

Richmond AID runs services for disabled people including an Information Navigation and Advice Service, Money Advice, Benefits Service, Job Club, Peer Network, Spade gardening service and more.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

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
31/03/23£1,034£1,004£30£0£375£3464.12570
31/03/22£760£776£-16£0£345£3455.32065
31/03/21£736£721£15£0£361£36161474
31/03/20£636£603£33£0£346£3466.91765
31/03/19£672£734£-62£0£313£3105.12460
31/03/18£919£830£90£0£375£3655.3180
31/03/17£719£738£-19£0£285£2283.7120
31/03/16£777£815£-38£0£304£2984.4130
31/03/15£994£828£166£828£345£3204.6130
31/03/14£492£450£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£385£338£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£322£295£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£315£310£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£287£299£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£335£326£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£334£323£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£279£270£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£209£221£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£178£180£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£167£153£14n/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: 35%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 4.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 26 years

www.richmondaid.org.uk

info@richmondaid.org.uk

020 8831 6070

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, Hounslow, Kingston Upon Thames, Lambeth, Richmond Upon Thames,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
Trust for London£227,615
Richmond Parish Lands Charity£195,018
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
DCMS£9,975
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trust for London - Richmond Aid
£75,215 21/09/2023
24
The funding for is a Campaign Officer to work 21 hours per week over 2 years to progress our accessible housing campaign in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The Campaign Officer will undertake an audit of the current position, develop ....more
Trust for London - Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (RAID)
£64,500 24/08/2023
The funding is for the salary of a part time Benefits Advisor, working 21 hours per week, to continue delivering their Benefits Advice service for disabled people in the borough of Hounslow.
Richmond Parish Lands Charity - To Richmond Advice and Information on Disability
£161,100 01/03/2023
36
To help support people of all ages with all disabilities to live independent lives with the same opportunities as non-disabled people.
Trust for London - Richmond Advice & Information on Disability
£2,900 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.02.2020-8257
Richmond Parish Lands Charity - To Richmond Advice and Information on Disability
£33,918 01/09/2022
12
Family Advice Workers pilot in partnership with Citizens Advice Richmond.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 01/04/2022
36
Richmond AID -core costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£15,000 26/02/2021
36
Richmond AID -core costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,975 11/09/2020
"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
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Richmond Advice & Information on Disability
£9,884 14/08/2020
Advice and Information service for disabled adults (benefits advice, housing, money and debt advice) across Richmond and Hounslow boroughs. We will extend our currently commissoned Information Navigation, Benefits Advice and Money Advice services ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (RAID)
£7,000 11/06/2020
£7,000.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners
Trust for London - Richmond Advice & Information on Disability
£85,000 05/03/2020
36
The funding is for a new Benefits Advice Service for disabled people in the borough of Hounslow. The new service will support 200 people per year in Hounslow to get benefits they are entitled to by supporting the with form filling, making and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 15/07/2019
Richmond AID - core costs
Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
£33,932 01/04/2018
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
£15,032 01/04/2018
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
£53,229 01/04/2017
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
£53,813 01/04/2017
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 43-84
  • ANDREW CRAIG Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
  • CECILIA BERNADETTE WATTS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • CLAIRE NEWTON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Finance Director
  • DAVID MERKEL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • EDWARD BOAMAH Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Teacher
  • IRENE DARA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Unemployed
  • ISMET SAMJI Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • JOANNE ATKINSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • PAULINE HILL Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Retired
  • ROYA SHIRIN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Unemployed
  • SCOTTY MCLEOD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: It Consultant
  • UTE BARBARA BARCLAY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • VENNA RODEN (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/03/1999, number: 1074788
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/08/1998, number: 03612476
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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; AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

DISABILITY ACTION & ADVICE CENTRE
4 WALDEGRAVE ROAD
TEDDINGTON
TW11 8HT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE DISABLED PERSONS IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND AND ELSEWHERE

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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