Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 7

ASSOCIATION FOR REHABILITATION OF COMMUNICATION AND ORAL SKILLS

ARCOS' overall objective is to improve the quality of life for people who have communication and/or swallowing difficulties, and of their carers and families. This involves the promotion and provision of specialist training, comprehensive therapy and suitable research.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 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

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
31/12/22		£351	£389	£-38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/12/21		£371	£282	£89	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
31/12/20		£239	£279	£-40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/12/19		£280	£290	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/12/18		£342	£324	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	15
31/12/17		£330	£324	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£270	£300	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£257	£298	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£314	£288	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£324	£356	£-32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£372	£337	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£294	£299	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£193	£202	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£193	£200	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£193	£200	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£247	£228	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06	*	£166	£126	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£166	£126	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£121	£92	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 32 years

www.arcos.org.uk

admin@arcos.org.uk

01684576795

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Germany, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 volunteers

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

BBC Children in Need	£45,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£20,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000
DCMS	£9,499
Co-Operative Group	£4,874

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to ARCOS
£45,000	27/07/2023	This grant will support children who have severe communication and/or oral difficulties. The intended outcomes are that children and young people develop essential skills and improved social skills.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ARCOS - Assc for Rehab of Communication & Oral Skills
£4,874	22/10/2022	Our service for children and young people includes: specialised therapies, buying specialist equipment, education for children and carers, respite, and group social sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Therapeutic Equipment Purchase
£10,000	17/06/2022	The funding will be used to purchase specialist equipment to provide at home therapy for people living with communication or oral problems including speaking eating drinking ow swallowing. The ....more The funding will be used to purchase specialist equipment to provide at home therapy for people living with communication or oral problems including speaking eating drinking ow swallowing. The project aims to improve people’s quality of life.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	01/10/2021	Core Services Delivery
National Lottery Community Fund - Critical support for people with oral difficulties
£10,000	19/03/2021 11	The funding will be used to continue support for critically vulnerable children and adults who have communication eating drinking and swallowing difficulties by providing information and guidance ....more The funding will be used to continue support for critically vulnerable children and adults who have communication eating drinking and swallowing difficulties by providing information and guidance therapy and carer training. The project aims to improve quality of life for people disabled by these conditions and bring the community together through peer support to reduce social isolation.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,499	10/07/2020	"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 ....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."
National Lottery Community Fund - ACTivate. New creative and physical activities for people with speech
£10,000	24/05/2017 12	This group will use the funding to carry out a feasibility study about how they can better benefit people who live with the effects of communication and swallowing disorders. This will help people to ....more This group will use the funding to carry out a feasibility study about how they can better benefit people who live with the effects of communication and swallowing disorders. This will help people to access activities which benefit their health and wellbeing.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-59

DIANA RUTH MAIDEN MBE Appointed: 2021

HELEN CLARE WEBB Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee

JONATHAN ANDREW KELWAY GURNEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Commercial Director

MAURICE STANLEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: UPTON WATERSPORTS LAKE TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/01/1992, number: 1007416
Registered at Companies House on 31/12/1991, number: 02675004

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR06: 78 days late,

Main office

HATHERTON LODGE
AVENUE ROAD
MALVERN
WORCESTERSHIRE
WR14 3AG

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO HAVE COMMUNICATION DIFFICULTIES PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TREATMENT EDUCATION AND SUPPORT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD

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