Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW)

Furthers the human rights of disabled people in the North West of England (predominantly Lancashire) through a range of user led support services, events and activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

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*£560£531£29£11£765£74216.82811
31/03/22£481£508£-28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£674£549£125£9£764£63814257
31/03/20£653£556£98£7£639£56012.12325
31/03/19£742£463£279£2£541£50713.12225
31/03/18£639£481£158£5£262£2486.2250
31/03/17£502£410£92£1£104£972.8200
31/03/16£233£255£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£272£250£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£216£253£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£252£302£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£233£237£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£280£335£-55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£375£306£68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£257£257£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£247£182£66n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£265£245£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 16.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 17 months
Quick Ratio: 10.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 18 years

www.disability-equality.org.uk

hello@disability-equality.org.uk

01772558863

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool, Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • 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£297,637
DCMS£32,433
Disability Action£18,742
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Post Pandemic Advice needs: Assist & Analyse
£9,955 05/08/2022
This project will run a weekly advice café to support disabled people in person with their post pandemic advice needs. It will offer support with new claims for disability benefits for people with long Covid and other new acquired impairments and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SAFETY FIRST
£278,682 20/10/2021
Disability Equality (NW) supports and empowers disabled people to achieve independent living and realise their full socio-economic potential in society. Funding will enable the group to continue to provide support to disabled people across Preston ....more
Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
£18,742 01/11/2020
The project is to employ a community link worker who will contact partner organisations and local disabled people to ensure key messaging is clear, consistant and available to disabled people
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£32,433 08/07/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Dare to go Digital
£9,000 26/02/2020
11
The organisation will develop their social media and web based platforms to better support disabled people using digital methods, with the aim of improving access to support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Disability Hate Crime: Support to Report
£373,000 26/09/2018
36
Disability Equality NW will develop a targeted approach to addressing disability hate crime and build a peer-led support service for victims. They will work with local authorities and housing providers in specific neighbourhoods to raise awareness ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Making Work Pay
£9,570 10/01/2018
12
The group will deliver employability skills training, mentoring and support sessions to young people with mild to moderate learning disabilities who are not in education and who don't access social care services. This will help the young people to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing from negatives
£386,239 16/12/2014
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Disability Equality NW
£25,000 28/09/2012
the salary of the CEO
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-64
  • DANIEL DUCKWORTH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Administrator
  • KATHERINE JAYNE DOBSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Self Employed
  • LOUISE GILL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Informal Carer
  • MARK HARRIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • NEIL DARBY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Manager
  • PRATAP PARMAR Appointed: 2023
  • RAKHI AMIN, Occupation: None
  • ROYSTON STEPHEN ALDWIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Police Community Support Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/06/2006, number: 1114622
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/07/2005, number: 05506903
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; AR23: 57 days late,
Main office

Disability Equality (nw) Ltd
23-25 Sedgwick Street
PRESTON
PR1 1TP

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, LIVING IN PRESTON AND SURROUNDING AREA SO THAT THEY MAY LEAD ACTIVE AND FULFILLING LIVES INTEGRATED IN THE SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRESTON AND THE SURROUDING AREA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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