Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

IMPACT FOUNDATION

IMPACT's aim is simple, that no one should become or remain needlessly disabled by disease, lack of knowledge or shortage of medical facilities. IMPACT works in the UK and in some of the poorest countries of Africa and Asia. IMPACT is cost-conscious and cost-effective.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/24£2,284£2,036£248£109£1,959£4322.5813
31/03/23£2,108£2,410£-303£104£1,711£4892.4712
31/03/22£2,159£2,327£-168£78£2,014£3761.9710
31/03/21£1,689£1,741£-52£77£2,182£6654.6740
31/03/20?£1,713£1,752£-39£90£2,170£7375710
31/03/18£1,616£1,303£313£136£2,261£1,22011.280
31/03/17£1,809£1,982£-173£127£1,948£9125.590
31/03/16£1,742£1,952£-211£135£2,090£1,0166.290
31/03/15£2,602£2,264£338£145£2,301£1,3006.970
31/03/14£2,393£2,305£88£142£1,963£1,158670
31/03/13£1,611£1,910£-299£148£1,871£8365.270
31/03/12£1,767£1,816£-49£135£2,170£1,2328.170
31/03/11£1,771£1,907£-136£132£2,207£1,3948.870
31/03/10£1,755£1,916£-161£124£2,324£1,4959.460
31/03/09£1,911£1,638£272£126£2,478£1,49110.980
31/03/08£2,253£1,885£368£110£2,159£1,2487.970
31/03/07£1,421£1,637£-216£110£1,788£1,1008.150
31/03/06£1,269£956£313n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£1,168£1,131£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,161£1,057£104n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 22%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 40 years

www.impact.org.uk

impact@impact.org.uk

01444457080

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UN SDGs
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How you can help
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£17,003
DCMS£6,790
Garfield Weston Foundation£3,500
Sussex Community Foundation£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - IMPACT Tasty Team
£8,450 25/11/2022
12
Funding will be used to continue workshops and demonstrations on cooking healthy meals during the cost-of-living crisis. This project aims to support people in the community by educating them on how to make meals from food bank and community pantry ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - IMPACT Tasty Team
£8,553 25/06/2021
The funding will be used to support vulnerable families in the community to cook healthy meals on a budget. The project aims to encourage healthy lifestyles resulting in a decrease in obesity and improved health.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£6,790 24/08/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to IMPACT Foundation
£2,000 15/06/2020
The IMPACT Foundation UK is a Sussex based charity whose aim is simple - that no-one should become needlessly disabled through disease, lack of knowledge, or shortage of medical supplies.The IMPACT Tasty Team aims to enable vulnerable adults and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£3,500 17/01/2020
IMPACT Tasty Team - Get Cooking
National Lottery Community Fund - Tasty Team Legacy Programme
£6,624 06/02/2019
12
This organisation will deliver cookery training sessions to leaders from local community groups. This will enable groups to deliver healthy eating and cooking sessions to their beneficiaries with the aim of improving their health and well-being.
National Lottery Community Fund - IMPACT Tasty Team - 'Cook and Eat'
£8,332 03/01/2018
12
This project will provide a programme of healthy eating sessions for parents and children from low income families. This will teach lifelong skills, helping them to make important changes to improve their diet and eating habits.
National Lottery Community Fund - IMPACT Tasty Teams
£6,155 20/12/2007
12
This charity promotes activities for the prevention of disablement and will run a pilot programme aimed at primary school children, parents and teachers to increase knowledge about healthy eating. This will be done through cooking clubs, gardening ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 61-86
  • CLAIRE HICKS MBE Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired Chief Executive
  • DAVID JAMESON EVANS FRCS, Occupation: Retired Diplomat
  • DOCTOR BRENDA MARY LUCK (Chair), Occupation: Rtd General Med Practitioner
  • DR KEITH BARNARD-JONES Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired General Practicioner
  • DR VINIT NAVINCHANDRA SHAH MBBS MRCP
  • GORDON BENNETT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Barrister
  • JOHN MICHAEL O'CONNELL Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Consultant Ent Surgeon
  • LUCINDA RUTH MEAGHER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Unemployed
  • NICHOLAS ASTBURY FRCSPHTH, Occupation: Surgeon
  • PETER DAVID WEBSTER FCA, Occupation: Rtd Chartered Accountant
  • PETER SIMONS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • RALPH JAMES D'OLIER HOPE Appointed: 1995, Occupation: Retired Insurance Broker
  • SALWAN RASSAM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ophthalmic Surgeon
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/02/1985, number: 290992
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/01/1985, number: 01878297
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HEARING CONSERVATION COUNCIL on 17/04/2020
Main office

151 WESTERN ROAD
HAYWARDS HEATH
WEST SUSSEX
RH16 3LH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ACTIVITIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISABLEMENT AND FOR THE CURE, MITIGATIONAND RELIEF OF DISABLING CONDITIONS AND, IN PARTICULAR, CONSISTENT WITH ITS STATUS AS A CHARITY.[The new Governing document's Clause 5.5 changes 'developing countries' to read 'low-income countries' to reflect current language around international development.]

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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