Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

ASSERT (B&H)

Supporting autistic adults and their parents, partners or carers by providing advice, information, resources, education, social inclusion, volunteering opportunities and support to improve well-being and reduce isolation. We also aim to raise awareness of the condition, challenge negative stereotypes and highlight the many positive aspects of autism.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£262£206£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£262£206£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£191£193£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20£173£160£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£171£155£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18£133£144£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£195£200£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£153£188£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15£199£144£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£113£137£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13£138£110£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12£70£83£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/11£103£58£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/10£36£38£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/09*£48£40£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/08*£20£19£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/07*£25£10£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/06£3£6£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£4£7£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04£8£10£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.assertbh.org.uk

assert.bh@assertbh.org.uk

01273234850

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove,
Who it helps
  • 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
Three Guineas Trust£276,613
National Lottery Community Fund£148,884
Henry Smith Charity£91,900
Sussex Community Foundation£9,743
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Three Guineas Trust - Cost of living
£5,400 23/01/2023
To help with the effects of the rise in cost of living on the charity's operation
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Assert
£91,900 02/11/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of a Benefits Caseworker at a project providing support and advice on accessing welfare benefits for adults with Asperger's Syndrome or High Functioning Autism in Brighton and Hove.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Assert
£4,743 19/11/2020
10
Funding was provided for staff costs.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Assert
£5,000 11/08/2020
Assert supports adults with Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism and their parents, partners or carers by providing advice, information, resources, advocacy, social inclusion activities, volunteering opportunities, support to improve ....more
Three Guineas Trust - Towards the development of the organisation.
£138,264 13/03/2020
Towards the development of the organisation - towards a senior development manager and initial costs associated with developing sustainable sources of income.
Three Guineas Trust - Towards ongoing service delivery.
£132,949 13/03/2020
Towards ongoing service delivery - a social activities coordinator, autism support adviser, operations manager and running costs..
National Lottery Community Fund - ASC Life Skills project
£148,884 31/01/2020
36
The organisation will use funding to run a programme of life skills sessions for people with autism. The funding will pay for the post of Adult Education Coordinator, as well as for the running of the programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Assert Office regeneration
£7,117 11/04/2019
12
The organisation will use funding to refurbish their space which will provide increased capacity for volunteers and users with the aim of having an inclusive space for people with Asperger syndrome and high functioning autism.
Three Guineas Trust - Core costs
£108,000 02/04/2019
Towards core costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Assert (B&H)
£86,800 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' salary of a Benefits Caseworker at a project providing support and advice on accessing welfare benefits for adults with Asperger's Syndrome and autism in Brighton and Hove, West Sussex
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Assert
£9,208 16/03/2018
11
Assert support and advice to adults with Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism and their parents/carers. Funding was provided towards the cost of their part-time Volunteer and Activities Co-ordinator.
National Lottery Community Fund - Renewing computers for adults with Asperger Syndrome and Autism
£8,920 20/12/2017
12
This project will purchase new computer equipment and media devices to improve support for people with Asperger’s syndrome and High functioning autism.
Three Guineas Trust - Salary of a senior case worker and part salary of the coordinator
£88,000 04/10/2016
Towards the salary of a senior case worker and part of the salary of the project’s coordinator.
National Lottery Community Fund - Benefits Advice and Support Service
£86,687 16/12/2014
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Assert - Brighton and Hove
£58,000 29/03/2011
the salary costs of a Caseworker/Benefits Liaison Worker including NI and pension
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

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

  • ANYA USTASZEWSKI (Chair)
  • DEBBIE CAULFIELD Appointed: 2012
  • JANE FROST Appointed: 2016
  • MRS JENNY STONE
  • PHILLPA COOK Appointed: 2014
  • ROBERT MARK CHRISTOPHER HOWES Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/09/2003, number: 1099257
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR09: 1 days late, AR08: 9 days late, AR07: 11 days late,
Main office

COMMUNITY BASE
113 QUEENS ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN1 3XG

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 16 WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME OR HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM AND THEIR CARERS RESIDENT IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, RESOURCES, EDUCATION, RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO ASPERGER SYNDROME AND HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRIGHTON AND HOVE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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