Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -8

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

2 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
All female board: -3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -4

THE DISABILITY ADVICE PROJECT

The charity provides high quality, independent, specialist advice, advocacy and information for disabled people, their families and carers enabling greater choice and improvement in their quality of life. This is achieved by, amongst others, undertaking benefit checks, representation at tribunals, disability awareness training, access auditing, life coaching and opportunities for further learning.

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 2 trustees?
Why is the Board completely female?
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been 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	*	£135	£170	£-35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£167	£155	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£226	£129	£97	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	*	£47	£73	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19	*	£63	£90	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£106	£117	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£191	£162	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£53	£114	£-61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£285	£233	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.dapwales.org.uk

tcrowhurst@dapwales.org.uk

01633485865

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport City, Torfaen,

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Postcode Community Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000	30/06/2023	Funding contributed to the salary of a caseworker who provided specialist advice enabling individuals to improve their quality of life.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building for a Better Future
£544,967	02/12/2019 36	The project will deliver to beneficiaries across Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Caerphilly and Newport, working with families where there is a disabled adult/and or child either in work or economically inactive to maximise and maintain their ....more The project will deliver to beneficiaries across Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Caerphilly and Newport, working with families where there is a disabled adult/and or child either in work or economically inactive to maximise and maintain their income. They will also work with them on housing and care needs by assisting with housing benefit claims, housing adaptations, work benefits. The grant, £498,967 over three years, will fund salaries and project running costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Recession 2 Maximising income for families with disabled childen & young pe
£50,000	18/10/2010 24	The project will allow the organisation to provide access to appropriate and relevant advice for families with disabled children to maximise their income and help reduce family breakdown. Money is for the salary of a Caseworker.
National Lottery Community Fund - LS RCE Rd 4 Carers & Former Carers Competitiveness Area
£683,460	30/03/2010 60	This Â£ 935,617 project over 4 years will work with 32 carers and former carers in Newport, Cardiff, Monmouthshire and the Vale of Glamorgan. It will provide one-to-one support and group training sessions to help participants gain basic skills and ....more This Â£ 935,617 project over 4 years will work with 32 carers and former carers in Newport, Cardiff, Monmouthshire and the Vale of Glamorgan. It will provide one-to-one support and group training sessions to help participants gain basic skills and progress towards formal qualifications. Participants will be helped take steps towards volunteering and work experience. Once participants have entered employment, they will be supported for 12 months.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 63-65

ANNA DEVERILL-SMITH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

BEVERLEY MARY FORD Appointed: 2013, Occupation: None

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/03/2014, number: 1156176
Registered at Companies House on 21/11/2013, number: 08785632

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
Investing charity funds 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

9 returns made; AR23: 1 days late, AR20: 10 days late, AR19: 5 days late,

Main office

UNIT 9A
AVONDALE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
PONTRHYDYRUN
CWMBRAN
NP44 1UG

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES INCLUDING THOSE WITH CHRONIC DISEASE OR LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS AND THEIR CARERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY INDEPENDENT SPECIALIST ADVICE, ADVOCACY, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

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