Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

GENETIC ALLIANCE UK LTD

Genetic Alliance UK is an alliance of over 230 charities and support groups. We have a 30-year track record of working together to improve the lives of people in the UK with lifelong and complex genetic and rare conditions. We run two long-standing projects, Rare Disease UK and SWAN UK.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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£781£863£-82£112£42£300.41712
31/03/23£742£769£-27£94£124£931.51625
31/03/22£714£762£-49£95£151£1352.11715
31/03/21£939£809£131£105£200£1612.41715
31/03/20?£804£1,005£-201£113£69£450.52217
31/03/18£759£890£-131£48£514£1692.3140
31/03/17£1,048£794£254£55£645£1802.7150
31/03/16£861£845£16£59£391£1422150
31/03/15£836£741£95£110£375£1131.8130
31/03/14£767£630£137£94£280£861.6120
31/03/13£721£678£43£65£143£661.2140
31/03/12£793£700£93£78£100£500.9150
31/03/11*£611£738£-127£88£7£370.6180
31/03/10£570£580£-10£84£134£941.9140
31/03/09£574£604£-30£74£145£1292.6120
31/03/08*£686£511£175£91£175£1673.9110
31/03/07£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 14.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 12.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 78%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 71%
Reserves/Spending: 0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 19 years

www.geneticalliance.org.uk

contactus@geneticalliance.org.uk

03001240441

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Medical education, training & equipment
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£490,062
City Bridge Trust£25,700
The Clothworkers Foundation£3,900
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£1,250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - SWAN UK England
£267,314 29/09/2023
The project will support families whose children are born with a syndrome without a name (SWAN) and provide greater access to local events and face-to-face support. The project aims to provide more opportunities to build new relationships as well as ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Genetic Alliance UK Ltd
£3,900 29/08/2023
Purchase three laptops and screens for communications team for a charity supporting people with disabilities in England
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Genetic Alliance UK Ltd - 16/07/21
£1,250 10/08/2021
Rebuilding Mental Wellbeing
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Support Programme for genetic rare and undiagnosed community
£40,052 13/11/2020
6
The project will support and improve outcomes for those affected by genetic/rare/undiagnosed conditions. They work with organisations and individuals providing advocacy advice and information with the aim of improving physical wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - SWAN UK (Syndromes Without A Name) Wales
£162,821 23/07/2020
36
Genetic Alliance UK Ltd has received a £162821 grant over 3 years to expand the SWAN UK project to the Cardiff area and beyond. They will work with families of children with undiagnosed genetic conditions to grow their support networks. Initially ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Genetic Alliance UK
£25,700 28/05/2020
£25,700 towards costs as outlined in your application, but excluding management and overhead costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - SWAN UK Dads
£9,975 25/02/2020
11
The funding will be used to hold an event and day trips for dads of children living with disabilities. The project will bring people together to develop relationships and a network for ongoing support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Rare Resources Roadshow - Scotland
£9,900 06/02/2020
11
This group will use the funding to promote and distribute their early intervention toolkit providing support to families affected by rare and undiagnosed genetic conditions. The group will also run four regional roadshows delivered in Inverness, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SWAN UK (syndromes without a name) England
£312,634 13/07/2016
36
The aim of this England wide development project is to provide support for 3,500 families with children who have undiagnosed genetic conditions. Most of these children have physical and/or learning disabilities and many have severe and complex ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SWAN UK Local Networks
£187,618 03/12/2013
24
This pilot project in six areas of England aims to develop information and support networks for families of children with undiagnosed genetic conditions. Parent and care volunteers will receive training to establish support groups and organise ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Families with Children with Undiagnosed Genetic Conditions
£298,908 08/12/2010
72
This project provides support for families across England with children with undiagnosed genetic conditions. The project will develop a hub for information and support, with a focus on mutual encouragement, offering families opportunities to share ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-76
  • DAVID ANTHONY RAMSDEN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Chief Executive
  • DR SHEHLA NILOFER MOHAMMED Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Medical Consultant
  • ELIZABETH PORTERFIELD (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • GLORIA JANE CLARK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Social Researcher
  • GREGOR STEVENSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • PHILLIPPA FARRANT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee
  • PROFESSOR LARA BLOOM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo & President
  • SARA JOHANNE HUNT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Ceo
  • SUSAN JANE MILLMAN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • TOBY WILLIAM HANNAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Public Affairs Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/05/2006, number: 1114195
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/04/2006, number: 05772999
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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR11: 18 days late, AR08: 25 days late,
Main office

Genetic Alliance UK
The Clock Tower
5 Farleigh Road
Old Weston Road
Flax Bourton
Bristol

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE:-A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS AFFECTED BY A GENETIC CONDITIONS;B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING GENETIC CONDITIONS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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