Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

UNITY WORKS SOCIAL ENTERPRISES 

Supporting people with a learning disability to gain skills, achieve qualifications, secure and sustain jobs and be part of their community. Working with employers to achieve a more inclusive workforce, increase employment opportunities for people with a learning disability. Running social enterprises to create work and training opportunities for people with a learning disability.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £685,600 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
31/03/23£1,827£2,112£-284£0£-607£-686-3.9610
31/03/22£1,989£1,983£7£1£-322£-409-2.5661
31/03/21£2,447£2,239£208£0£-329£-406-2.2661
31/03/20£2,358£2,700£-342£36£-537£-573-2.5837
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 339%
Liabilities/Income: 47%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 113%
Reserves/Spending: -3.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 5 years

www.unityworks.org.uk

Tarnya.Thompson@thera.co.uk

03003031280

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 61 employees

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Walcot Foundation£99,744
DCMS£46,479
City Bridge Trust£29,035
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Camden Giving£18,538
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - 360 Degrees Good Food - meals for food banks with Unity Works
£10,000 05/08/2022
The funding will be used to provide catering training to people living with learning disabilities and provide weekly meals for low income families. The project aims to develop employment skills and ....more
Camden Giving - Unity Works
£6,538 07/03/2022
people with a learning disability to plan, prepare and cook 50 meals a week to be delivered to Castlehaven Food bank for distribution amongst Camden residents.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 20/08/2021
Unity Works Social Enterprises
Walcot Foundation - Unity Lambeth
£99,744 26/07/2021
24
Under 30's with learning disabilities will be supported by a Lambeth specific Employment Advisor in order to help them identify and apply for jobs that interest them. They will be able to access ....more
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£9,964 21/12/2020
2
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£46,479 19/08/2020
"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 ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Unity Works Social Enterprises
£29,035 05/06/2020
£29,035.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Unity Works Social Enterprises
£4,800 14/04/2020
essential catering equipment, such as hot food transport trays, to deliver hot meals from our social enterprise kitchens to feed the most vulnerable in our communities. We have begun feeding 450 ....more
Camden Giving - Unity Works Social Enterprises - Covid19 Charity Fund
£6,000 09/04/2020
Support people with disabilites with advice, connections & physcial & mental health. Grant would support getting services online / on the phone: tracking calls, online support, job searching, ....more
Camden Giving - Unity Works Social Enterprises - Covid19 Charity Fund
£6,000 09/04/2020
Support people with disabilites with advice, connections & physcial & mental health. Grant would support getting services online / on the phone: tracking calls, online support, job searching, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 24-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/08/2019, number: 1185113
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/05/2018, number: 11338498
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE WEST HOUSE
ALPHA COURT
SWINGBRIDGE ROAD
GRANTHAM
LINCOLNSHIRE
NG31 7XT

Objectives

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ARE:(I) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF CARE, SUPPORT AND SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND BY THE PROMOTION OF THE AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS; AND(II) THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERSAND THE COMPANY CAN DO ALL OTHER THINGS THAT ARE INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO ITS OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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