Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -12

Support Score: 5

Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Very static board: -5
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -9

NORTH EAST EQUALITY & DIVERSITY LIMITED

1) To provide a community transport service for the inhabitants of the UK with an emphasis on North East of England and the Borders Region who are in need of such a service due to age,disability (mental or physical), poverty, or because of a lack of availability of adequate and safe public passenger services.2) Provide and promote services for and with people with disabilities3) Training

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely male
The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £124,377 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/08/22	£676	£662	£14	£0	£-124	£-124	-2.3	38	0
31/08/21	£616	£709	£-94	£0	£-138	£-138	-2.3	44	0
31/08/20	£692	£844	£-153	£0	£-45	£-45	-0.6	46	4
31/08/19	£747	£783	£-37	£0	£108	£108	1.7	50	0
31/08/18	£558	£621	£-63	£0	£145	£60	1.2	31	0
31/08/17	£654	£556	£98	£0	£208	£107	2.3	34	0
31/08/16	£437	£427	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15	£550	£500	£51	£16	£100	£100	2.4	28	0
31/08/14	£417	£388	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13	£351	£403	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12	£412	£352	£61	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11	£291	£278	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10	£227	£249	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09	£144	£205	£-62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08	£241	£149	£93	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 162%
Liabilities/Income: 48%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: -2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 17 years

www.needltd.co.uk

administration@needltd.co.uk

01665605780

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Transportation and storage activities

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

38 employees

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - VIRAL CORP LIMMITED
£282,871	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - VIRAL CORP
£1,263,993	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
North East Social Investment Fund (NESIF) - Multiple outcome areas
£775,000	12/09/2018	Vulnerable older people including those with dementia

Amount

When
Months

To be used for

Department for Work and Pensions - VIRAL CORP LIMMITED

£282,871

01/04/2022

The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.

Department for Work and Pensions - VIRAL CORP

£1,263,993

01/04/2021

The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

North East Social Investment Fund (NESIF) - Multiple outcome areas

£775,000

12/09/2018

Vulnerable older people including those with dementia

NORTH EAST EQUALITY & DIVERSITY LIMITED

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Financial issues to consider:

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Financial Ratios

Asset Split ?

UN SDGs

Listed activities

GiG Classification

How it operates

Where it operates

Who it helps

Who works here?

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

Specific Donations

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 65-80

Legal constitution

Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

Objectives

Defined Area of Benefit:

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