Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: -12

Support Score: 4

Qualified accounts: -3
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Submission defaults: -10
2 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -16

EMBRACE (EAST SUSSEX)

To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of East Sussex and the surrounding area the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation primarily but not exclusively for the benefit of individuals under 25 years who have a need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
Why are there only 2 trustees?
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

The latest accounts were qualified
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
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 ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
?31/10/21?	*	£101	£113	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/20		£101	£113	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/19		£103	£103	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/18		£99	£121	£-22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/04/17	*	£37	£49	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.embracees.org.uk

rebeccawhippy.embrace@gmail.com

01323404775

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Community sports activities

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

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	£73,124
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
The Foyle Foundation	£7,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Respite Club
£10,000	23/07/2021	The funding will be used to continue running respite care on Saturdays for children and young people with special needs and disabilities in an area of East Sussex. The project aims to promote inclusion and improve life skills and opportunities.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£7,500	11/02/2021	towards core costs to provide respite, care and support to children with special needs and their families (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£73,124	29/07/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Embrace East Sussex
£8,601	15/11/2019	We want to help children with disabilities and special needs to access inclusive education through the Embrace Advocacy Service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Embrace Youth Club
£9,944	21/03/2018 12	The organisation will start up a weekly youth club for children including those with special needs and disabilities aged 12-18. The aim of this is to build friendships and reduce social isolation.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Embrace (East Sussex)
£4,992	20/11/2017 12	Embrace is a group for special needs and disabled children promoting inclusion and improving life skills and opportunities through clubs, outreach and advocacy. Funding was provided to help meet the costs of their sessional workers.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANNETTE ACKLAND Appointed: 2014

CHRIS ROY SMITH Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/06/2016, number: 1167469

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; AR21: 410 days late, AR17: 27 days late,

Main office

Embrace East Sussex
Unit 1-2
The Old Printworks,20 Wharf Road
EASTBOURNE
East Sussex
BN21 3AW

Objectives

• TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF EAST SUSSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (THE “AREA OF BENEFIT”) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF INDIVIDUALS UNDER 25 YEARS WHO HAVE A NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.• TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.• TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.• TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

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