Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

WHITBY, SCARBOROUGH AND RYEDALE DISABILITY ACTION GROUP

WhitbyDAG provides information, advice and practical support to enable disabled people to live independently. We run Welfare benefits, Mobility Equipment Hire, Information and Befriending services and provide supported educational, social, leisure and volunteering activites.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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
31/03/23£73£146£-73n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£268£123£145n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£162£131£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
?31/03/20£111£125£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£121£100£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£65£78£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£79£77£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£107£109£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£121£99£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£105£113£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£113£128£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£287£290£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£131£141£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£9£35£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 15 years

www.whitbydag.org.uk

info@whitbydag.org.uk

01947511118

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
DCMS£9,820
CAF£9,680
National Lottery Community Fund£8,845
Co-Operative Group£6,872
Two Ridings Community Foundation£6,455
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Whitby, Scarborough & Ryedale Disability Action Group
£2,567 21/10/2023
We would like to establish a peer-led support group for disabled people, focusing on mindfulness and creative arts activities. This is aimed at reducing stress and anxiety and promoting wellbeing.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Grant to Whitby, Scarborough & Ryedale Disability Action Group
£2,000 12/12/2022
Funding will be used for staffing costs to ensure there is specific support available for disabled people. The staff will ensure people have access to the benefits they are entitled to. They will support them with food packages and be a friendly and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Whitby, Scarborough & Ryedale Disability Action Group
£4,304 22/10/2022
We would like to provide a programme of positive activities and experiences for disabled people to take part in, which will help maintain and improve their mental wellbeing.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Grant to Whitby, Scarborough & Ryedale Disability Action Group
£2,455 23/05/2022
Funding to provide a range of activities for people with disabilities. The pandemic had a significant impact on increasing feelings of loneliness and isolation and this will help improve that.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,820 14/08/2020
"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
CAF - Grant to Whitby, Scarborough & Ryedale Disability Action Group
£9,680 01/07/2020
3
Grant to Whitby, Scarborough & Ryedale Disability Action Group to support the organisation through COVID19
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£2,000 23/04/2020
The grant would help maintain a range of services (phone calls, Facebook, newsletter, signposting of services) on which disabled people rely, especially when they are in crisis or have an emergency. Specifically covering salary and office costs ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Access for All
£8,845 27/03/2020
11
The funding will be used to work with local organisations to improve access, finding ways to remove barriers that restrict opportunities for people with disabilities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Whitby Disability Action Group - (Whitby DAG)
£6,751 15/11/2019
We want to service and maintain our minibus, giving disabled people the chance to meet up with old friends and enjoy days out.
National Lottery Community Fund - DAG: The Place To Go
£128,940 26/04/2018
36
The group will provide a variety of activities for disabled people. People will be encouraged to develop and design their own activities. This will improve skills, independence and confidence and reduce isolation.
People's Health Trust - Altogether DAG
£38,142 22/02/2018
This two-year project delivered weekly art and crafts activities to bring together disabled people and carers living in Whitby and surrounding villages and the nearby coastal communities of Hinderwell and Staithes. The project responded to the ....more
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 19/04/2017
User-led advice, information and support for people with disabilities and their carers.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Whitby, Scarborough & Ryedale Disability Action Group
£42,000 13/06/2013
36
towards three years' salary of an Outreach Worker to enable development of an Information and Advice Service in North Yorkshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Whitby and District Disablement Action Group
£16,000 29/03/2012
the salary of an Outreach Development Worker
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-81
  • BARBARA LESLEY BOOTH Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired Bank Official
  • JACQUELINE ELIZABETH JOBLING Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • MALCOLM WATT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee
  • MICHAEL HUTCHINSON (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director
  • RICHARD WEIGHTMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • ROGER MARTIN EVERITT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • SALLY WILLIAMS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/08/2009, number: 1131037
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/07/2009, number: 06956837
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
14 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from WHITBY AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT on 09/03/2022
  • Asset transfer in from EXMOUTH & DISTRICT STROKE CLUB on 25/10/2024
  • Asset transfer in from CARING TOGETHER WHITBY AND DISTRICT on 25/10/2024
Main office

Ingrid Flute Room, First Floor
The Coliseum
Victoria Place
WHITBY
North Yorkshire
YO21 1EZ

Objectives

A) TO BENEFIT DISABLED PEOPLE, ELDERLY PEOPLE AND CARERS IN WHITBY, SCARBOROUGH AND RYEDALE BY PROVIDING SERVICES WHICH FACILITATE INDEPENDENCE IN DAILY LIVING;B) TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE AND ELDERLY PEOPLE;C) TO ENHANCE THE INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF DISABLED PEOPLE, ELDERLY PEOPLE AND CARERS BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE SERVICES TO RELIEVE THEIR NEEDS;D) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE, ELDERLY PEOPLE AND CARERS, PROVIDERS OF SERVICES AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH INFORMATION AND ADVICE SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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