Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 28 ?

ACTION ON DISABILITY

Action on Disability's main activity as a charitable company by guarantee is to promote equality of opportunity in the community for all disabled people.This is done through the delivery of high quality services, influencing local and national policy and the removal of barriers to full participation in society.
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Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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£1,354£1,253£101£0£765£4844.64015
31/03/23£1,115£1,019£96£5£664£4004.73521
31/03/22£1,073£907£165£2£567£45064125
31/03/21£893£777£116£5£402£3465.32425
31/03/20?£949£881£69£14£286£2473.42730
31/03/18£1,112£1,115£-3£34£164£1511.6320
31/03/17£1,204£1,155£49£42£167£1491.5240
31/03/16£1,045£1,014£31£0£117£1001.2240
31/03/15£1,027£1,092£-65£14£86£770.8240
31/03/14£1,222£1,272£-49£2£151£1191.1240
31/03/13*£1,236£1,207£29£26£201£1381.4190
31/03/12*£1,145£1,190£-45£3£172£1451.5240
31/03/11£1,228£1,296£-68£6£217£1631.5240
31/03/10£1,192£1,139£53£6£285£1451.5240
31/03/09£1,178£1,101£76£3£232£1131.2240
31/03/08£1,054£1,043£12£3£156£740.9160
31/03/07£854£842£11£3£144£941.3160
31/03/06*£795£807£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£832£798£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£721£669£52n/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: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 63%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.aod.org.uk

info@aod.org.uk

020738352098

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brent, City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington And Chelsea, Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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£337,851
City Bridge Trust£270,800
John Lyon's Charity£125,600
Trust for London£79,259
Wolfson Foundation£50,000
Youth Music£29,400
DCMS£27,581
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trust for London - Action on Disability
£71,759 16/11/2023
18
The funding is for the salary of the Housing Campaign Project Lead and the development of campaigning and engagement functions for 15 months, run by and composed of local Disabled residents and supported by AoD. The project will operate in ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Action on Disability
£6,000 17/12/2022
Cost-of-Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Our Place’ – a community space for disabled people in Hammersmith and Fulham
£337,851 08/09/2022
The funding will be used to create a community space and resource hub that disabled people can call their own. The project will include activities and training courses to help people learn new skills network with people and increase community ....more
Trust for London - Action on Disability
£7,500 05/03/2022
This funding is to deliver co-production training for Disabled young people aged 11-25. Our aim is to empower local Disabled young people to understand how the lived experience and skills they have can be enhanced and shared to create positive ....more
Youth Music - Soundz
£29,400 04/03/2022
Soundz
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 05/11/2021
AoD community response
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Action on Disability
£50,000 01/03/2021
£50,000 over 12 months for the full time Project Coordinator and contributions towards part-time youth workers and sessional staff.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Action on Disability
£90,000 18/11/2020
36
Youth Service
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£27,581 09/10/2020
"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
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Action on Disability
£29,600 14/09/2020
6
COVID-19: LCR Wave 3 - Core costs of the youth service
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Action on Disability
£220,800 08/07/2020
60
£220,800 over five years (£44,500; £42,800; £43,230; £45,970; £44,300) towards staff costs, sessional costs and overheads for programmes with young people.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Action on Disability
£50,000 05/12/2019
Equipment and fit-out costs for a new centre supporting deaf and disabled individuals
Youth Music - Voices
£30,000 08/03/2019
Voices
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 03/05/2017
Core Youth Services
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Action on Disability
£121,300 12/03/2015
36
£121,300 over 3 years (£41,400, £39,600, £40,300) towards an Independent Living Officer and associated running costs.
Sport England - Sport for life - removing barriers for disabled young people
£118,980 30/05/2014
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Sport for life - removing barriers for disabled young people'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to HAFAD
£90,000 05/12/2012
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing welfare and benefits advice to disabled people in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
National Lottery Community Fund - Including Disabled Volunteers
£300,000 12/09/2011
36
This continuation and expansion of an existing project will deliver a programme designed to support disabled young people (DYP) aged 16 to 25 into supported volunteer placements that will give them workplace experience that can be used ultimately to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-73
  • ANGELECA JANE LOUISE SILVERSIDES Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Consultant
  • DONNA FENNER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Unemployed
  • GREGORY DAVID PATTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Unemployed
  • JULIANA LEE DUBUISSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Person
  • KATE BETTERIDGE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director
  • MICHAEL GANNON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • MUSTAFA KARIM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • NAOMI KEY-FIELD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Research Director
  • SHARON HOLDER (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Councillor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/04/2002, number: 1091518
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/06/2001, number: 04237604
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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; AR13: 58 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR06: 7 days late, AR04: 52 days late,
Main office

Centre for Independent Living
Ground Floor Office
Mo Mowlam House
Clem Atlee Court
London
SW6 7BF

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, CHOICE AND INDEPENDENCE BY REMOVING PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS TO INTEGRATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT OR LEARNING DISABILITY , OR WHO EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES, THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, EMPLOYMENT BASED ON THE ETHOS OF INDEPENDENT LIVING AND WHO RESIDE, WORK OR ARE UNDERGOING EDUCATIONAL OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM.B) TO FULFIL ANY OTHER OBJECT WHICH IS DEEMED WHOLLY AND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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