Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

PROFOUND AND MULTIPLE IMPAIRMENT SERVICE 

PAMIS works with families caring for a child or an adult with profound and multiple learning disabilities by offering practical help and advice; a training workshop programme; individual support; the opportunity to influence policy and services at local and national levels; and a library and information service.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 4 trustees
Established: 32 years

http://www.pamis.org.uk

info@pamis.org.uk

03308181081

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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£966£866£100£69£827£3965.52050
31/03/22£897£798£99£80£727£33151945
31/03/21£938£733£205£75£628£2213.61945
31/03/20£751£739£13£198£423£12521845
31/03/19£1,092£786£306£180£410£791.22245
31/03/18£805£906£-101£202£104£460.6240
31/03/17£740£892£-151£165£206£1001.3210
31/03/16£838£831£7£143£357£1672.4120
31/03/15£838£871£-33£157£366£1792.5120
31/03/14£699£750£-50£74£399£2654.2120
31/03/13£578£657£-79£76£449£3025.5120
31/03/12£955£657£298£58£529£3416.2120
31/03/11£736£783£-48£126£231£1241.9160
31/03/10£651£677£-26£136£278£1342.470
31/03/09£688£586£102£125£304£1192.470
31/03/08£624£493£131£79£202£1132.870
31/03/07*£528£556£-28£71£71£390.870
31/03/06£391£475£-85£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£414£404£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£344£342£2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 48%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 7.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 50 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 08/05/2019
Counselling & Wellbeing Project
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to PAMIS (Promoting a More Inclusive Society)
£56,900 17/12/2018
Learning Together: Improving intellectual access to heritage for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to PAMIS/Profound & Multiple Impairment Service
£100,000 19/01/2011
Towards salary and other associated costs to develop tailored support for people with profound and multiple disabilities and their family experiencing bereavement.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 46-70
  • PAT GRAHAM Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Tax Inspector
  • SUSAN WEIR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Full Time Carer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/06/1992, number: 1011895
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/05/1992, number: 02717020
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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; AR07: 27 days late, AR05: 60 days late,
Main office

Carolina House Trust
7 Luna Place
Dundee Technology Park
DUNDEE
DD2 1TP

Objectives

A. TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH PROFOUND MENTAL HANDICAP WITH OR WITHOUT ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL AND SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS. B. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION CONCERNING THE CARE OF PEOPLE WITH PROFOUND MENTAL HANDICAP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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