Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

MAXABILITY

To provide for the relief of needs of disabled persons including:1.Services and support for their wellbeing;2. Facilities for their recreation, training, education and medical rehabilitation residing in London Borough of Barnet; and3. Promoting independent living, advocating social inclusion and equality and developing and providing opportunities for them to engage in economic activity.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
30/06/23£237£158£79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/22£149£105£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/21£54£83£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20£68£54£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/19*£58£55£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/18£60£40£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/17£39£32£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/16*£23£21£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years
(15 years as a company)

maxability.org.uk

info@maxability.org.uk

07593258162

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet,
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
City Bridge Trust£24,380
The London Community Foundation£10,000
DCMS£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,926
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Maxability
£24,380 25/05/2022
36
£24,380 over three years (£7,740; £8,120; £8,520) for ‘Hands on the Wheel’, a project delivering ceramics courses to children and young people.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 08/02/2022
towards core costs to sustain and grow access to ceramics and pottery sessions for people with disabilities (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Maxability
£1,000 19/10/2021
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Hands on the wheel
£9,926 30/09/2021
The funding is being used to support adults over 18 with disabilities who were disproportionately affected by Covid by offering a series of ceramic and pottery making classes with a community exhibition. The group will offer classes both in person ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Maxability
£10,000 03/09/2020
The funding is for reopening the studio after having closed due to the COVID-19 crisis. In July 2020, three new staff members have been hired, as it is no longer possible to rely largely on volunteers. Maintenance work needs doing, and health and ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 03/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Ceramics courses for the learning disabled
£9,650 11/04/2018
12
This project will offer ceramics courses for adults with learning disabilities living in residential homes. This will engage people in creative activities, which will reduce social isolation and improve their mental wellbeing.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-86
  • ANITA WOOLF Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • CATRIONA RUBENS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DR REGINALD GREGORY HACKSLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Teacher
  • DR RICHARD MAPLESTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/06/2015, number: 1162002
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/01/2009, number: 06801476
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
  • 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
8 returns made; AR19: 69 days late, AR16: 25 days late,
Main office

Flightways Resource Centre
1 The Concourse
LONDON
NW9 5UX

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF NEED, RELIEF OF DISABLED PERSONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING BY BUT NOT LIMITED TO:1. PROVIDING SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR THE SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING OF DISABLED PEOPLE;2. PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION, TRAINING, EDUCATION AND MEDICAL REHABILITATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE RESIDING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET; AND3. PROMOTING INDEPENDENT LIVING AMONG DISABLED PEOPLE, INCLUDING BY ADVOCATING FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION AND EQUALITY AND DEVELOPING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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