Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

DISABILITY RIGHTS UK

Disability Rights UK works to create a society where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens. We strengthen the voice of disabled people to make our rights real, as an effective national organisation led by people with a wide range of impairments or health conditions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low 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
31/03/23£1,627£1,608£19£87£333£580.4243
31/03/22£1,451£1,442£9£69£314£2422222
31/03/21£1,465£1,340£126£60£305£2312.1216
31/03/20£1,396£1,261£135£69£180£850.82110
31/03/19£1,470£1,450£20£61£45£360.32310
31/03/18£1,724£1,669£55£67£25£190.1250
31/03/17£1,949£1,723£226£60£-30£-46-0.3250
31/03/16£1,646£1,551£95£227£-256£-296-2.3230
31/03/15£3,155£2,304£850£253£-335£-399-2.1180
31/03/14£1,697£1,710£-13£189£-1,186£-1,266-8.9200
31/03/13£2,300£2,294£6£864£-1,283£-1,403-7.3290
31/03/12?*£2,657£2,961£-304£738£-757£-954-3.9300
31/07/11£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 61%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 17%
Reserves/Spending: 0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

www.disabilityrightsuk.org

enquiries@disabilityrightsuk.org

03309950400

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young 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
Sport England£2,218,453
Three Guineas Trust£675,000
The Legal Education Foundation£285,000
City Bridge Trust£193,750
National Lottery Community Fund£111,000
Department of Health£80,000
Esmee Fairbairn£17,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Three Guineas Trust - Policy and campaigns team
£390,000 02/02/2024
Towards the policy and campaigns team
Three Guineas Trust - Costs of disabled people attending the UNCRPD
£35,000 02/02/2024
Towards the costs of disabled people from organisations across the UK attending the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Geneva.
Sport England - Moving Social Work Phase 2
£1,000,000 01/11/2023
41
Moving Social Work Phase 2 aims to upskill and empower the social work profession and its numerous stakeholders to take ownership of movement advocacy for and alongside disabled people to create ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£134,140 23/03/2022
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Together Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building ....more
The Legal Education Foundation - Building quality and capacity in Disabled People's Organisations
£285,000 10/11/2021
Working with Deaf & Disabled People’s Organisations to strengthen the provision of advice and information and enhance referral networks.
Three Guineas Trust - Towards new policy team
£250,000 16/09/2021
Towards new policy team
Sport England - Specialist Partner Investment
£5,694 05/07/2021
35
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Specialist Partner Investment. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£250,000 12/04/2021
20
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to www.disabilityrightsuk.org
£18,750 01/03/2021
£18,750 towards the salary costs over 12 months for two core salaries, as detailed in the application, together with a contribution towards running cost.
Sport England - COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
£250,000 16/07/2020
3
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund. This project is a Sport participation and ....more
Sport England - Specialist Partner Investment
£578,619 06/07/2020
47
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Specialist Partner Investment. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Disabled people leading change
£111,000 25/06/2020
8
Disability Rights UK works to support people with disabilities by sharing information giving advice through their helplines and their policy work. This funding will support core costs to ensure the ....more
Joseph Levy Foundation - Covid-19: advice and information for disabled people and advice organisations
£10,000 01/06/2020
3
Covid-19: contribution to the cost of producing advice and information for disabled people and advice organisations associated with the impact of Covid-19/Coronavirus: Organisation led by disabled ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Disability Rights UK
£17,000 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Department of Health - Lived Experience Alliance - formerly the Win-Win Alliance (Supplier: Disability Rights UK)
£80,000 28/04/2020
See HWA summary:Working with the VCSE sector - encourange two way flow of information and inteliigence betweeen the Sector and the System.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Disability Rights UK
£175,000 30/01/2020
60
£175,000 over five years towards the salaries, operating and management costs of the London element of the Independent Living Helpline and Members’ Advice Line.
Sport England - Specialist Partner Investment
£190,356 22/08/2019
47
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Specialist Partner Investment. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with ....more
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing Alliance-Win Win Alliance
£60,000 01/04/2019
The Health & Wellbeing Alliance consists of 21 organisations from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. These organisations engage in intensive co-production with system ....more
Sport England - Development and Transition
£26,228 19/03/2019
2
Funding under Sport England's National Programme funding programme for a Revenue project titled Development and Transition. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Disabled People’s Organisations and social investment
£60,000 24/05/2018
10
To research and explore practical means through which user-led organisations (ULOs) can better engage with social investment, and to develop Disability Rights UK as a social investment broker
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Disability Rights UK
£15,000 16/05/2018
purchase of IT equipment for a charity which works with disabled people in London
Department of Health - Health and Wellbeing Alliance-Win Win Alliance
£60,000 01/04/2018
The Health & Wellbeing Alliance consists of 21 organisations from the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. These organisations engage in intensive co-production with system ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Disability Rights UK
£134,000 28/02/2018
48
Towards the unrestricted core costs of an organisation working to ensure disabled people have independence and control over their own lives.
Sport England - Sport & ExerciseThrough Personal Budgets
£262,874 09/01/2018
40
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled Sport & ExerciseThrough Personal Budgets. This project is a Athletics project, with a focus on ....more
Department of Health - HWA T2 Win Win Alliance
£46,500 01/04/2017
Disability as an asset, disabled staff networks, equivalent networks and arrangements, disability confident and supporting the workforce disability equality standard.
Department of Health - Disability Rights UK
£60,000 01/04/2017
Health and Wellbeing Alliance
Sport England - Research and Evaluation
£13,000 27/02/2017
2
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Research and Evaluation'. This project is a Sport Participation and Capacity Building project, with a ....more
Sport England - Research and Evaluation
£13,000 27/02/2017
1
Funding under Sport England's Funded Partners funding programme for a Revenue project titled Research and Evaluation. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus ....more
John Ellerman Foundation - Core funding towards information and advice work
£70,000 21/07/2016
24
Towards the core costs of its advice work to disabled people and support organisations, including an independent living helpline, members' advice service and online information.
Sport England - Sport & ExerciseThrough Personal Budgets
£791,171 26/11/2014
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Sport & ExerciseThrough Personal Budgets'. This project is a Athletics project, with a focus on ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Disability Rights UK
£80,000 16/07/2014
24
£80,000 over two years (2 x £40,000) towards the salary and related running costs of information and advice services benefitting disabled Londoners.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Disability Rights UK
£92,000 09/04/2014
Towards the pilot phase of the Leadership Academy, enabling talented people with a disability to move into more senior work roles.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Disability Rights UK
£20,000 04/12/2012
Towards a feasibility study for a proposed Leadership Academy for disabled people.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Disability Alliance
£119,000 14/03/2012
36
towards three years' salary and associated running costs of a part-time Development Worker to support organisations and individuals to understand and use personalisation budgets across the UK
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Disability Rights UK
£15,000 31/01/2012
Towards costs of the merger of three UK-wide disability organisations; Disability Alliance, the National Centre for Independent Living and the Royal Association for Disability Rights.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Disability Rights UK
£68,500 22/09/2011
Towards the merger of three UK-wide disability organisations; Disability Alliance, the National Centre for Independent Living and the Royal Association for Disability Rights.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Disability Rights UK
£40,000 05/05/2011
Towards the costs of unifying the Disability Alliance, National Centre for Independent Living and Radar into a single charitable company.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 44-64
  • ATIF ALAM CHOUDHURY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Commercial Director
  • CLAIRE IVREEN NEVIN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Equality & Inclusion Information Officer
  • CLENTON FARQUHARSON MBE Appointed: 2023
  • DR FIONA CREABY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Academic & Researcher
  • DR NAOMI LOUISE CATHERINE JACOBS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Researcher And Disability Equality Trainer
  • GREGORY STEWART SMITH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of User Experience
  • LIZ LEACH MURPHY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager
  • MADELINE JAYNE CLOSE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director
  • MOSTAFA ATTIA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Researcher & Consultant
  • SHELLEY SIMMONDS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Secretary
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/10/2010, number: 1138585
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/07/2010, number: 07314865
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
13 returns made; AR12: 14 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from DSA-QAG on 08/10/2020
Main office

Plexal
14 East Bay Lane
Here East
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Stratford
E20 3BS

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT(1) TO PROMOTE DISABLED PEOPLE'S INDEPENDENT LIVING AND THEIR SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED OR BY ASSISTING THEM TO PARTICIPATE AS EQUAL CITIZENS IN SOCIETY;(2) TO PROMOTE THE EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND RIGHTS OF DISABLED PEOPLE AND THEIR ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE SUPPORT;(3) TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE THE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF DISABLED PEOPLE, AND TO MEET THEIR NEEDS;

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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