Finance Score: -13

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Accounts overdue -5
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -14

INSTITUTE OF BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE

IBSL provide a range of qualifications in British Sign Language (BSL) and Deaf Studies that meet the needs of learners of all ages and abilities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/07/21		£150	£202	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/20	*	£144	£237	£-93	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/19	*	£254	£232	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/18	*	£282	£212	£70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	15
31/07/17?		£164	£156	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
21/09/16		£159	£151	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years
(17 years as a company)

www.ibsl.org.uk

michellejones@ibsl.org.uk

01257 221326

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Deafblind Qualifications Project
£10,000	19/10/2016 12	The project will use the funding to develop a Level 6 diploma in deaf blind communication studies. This will improve the groupâ€™s capacity to offer qualifications for carers and beneficiaries ....more The project will use the funding to develop a Level 6 diploma in deaf blind communication studies. This will improve the groupâ€™s capacity to offer qualifications for carers and beneficiaries beyond the current Level 3 offered, providing better chances in life for participants.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-70

AGNES DYAB Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Freelancer

JOSELYN TAYLOR Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Education

KHALID ASHRAF (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Involvement Development Officer/Translator, Other trusteeships: Deaf Experience Limited, Deaf Muslim UK,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/09/2015, number: 1163674
Registered at Companies House on 03/04/2007, number: 06201561

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR20: 51 days late, AR19: 60 days late, AR18: 122 days late,

Main office

1 Strawberry Fields
CHORLEY
Lancashire
PR7 1PQ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ACCREDITED TRAINING SCHEME.

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