Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 2

DADA-DISABILITY AND DEAF ARTS

A Disability and Deaf Arts agency offering opportunities and support to Disabled and Deaf people including artists. DaDaFest also provides training to other arts venues to enable access and equality for Disabled and Deaf audiences. The biennial festival, DaDaFest, takes place in Liverpool and other locations across the North West and the UK, bringing in artists and audiences from across the world

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:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 32 years

www.dadafest.co.uk

info@dadafest.co.uk

01517071733

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£308	£513	£-205	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22	*	£442	£427	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£450	£343	£107	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/20		£517	£439	£78	£3	£375	£124	3.4	6	0
31/03/19		£646	£516	£130	£8	£298	£77	1.8	8	5
31/03/18		£408	£347	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£460	£452	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£468	£468	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£581	£627	£-47	£13	£98	£44	0.8	7	0
31/03/14		£376	£342	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£472	£421	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£383	£398	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£632	£631	£1	£15	£74	£24	0.5	6	0
31/03/10		£427	£407	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£534	£555	£-22	£205	£52	£-3	-0.1	6	0
31/03/08		£376	£359	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£439	£439	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£341	£357	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£328	£276	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£325	£338	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

How it operates

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

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to DaDa Fest
£29,636	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Youth Music - DaDaFest Ensemble
£98,876	24/04/2020	DaDaFest Ensemble
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to DaDa Fest
£178,865	26/09/2018 36	Towards a professional development programme for emerging disabled and D/deaf artists.
National Lottery Community Fund - DaDaFest Ensemble: Hitting the Heights
£9,953	03/08/2018 12	The organisation will create an accessible musical ensemble for young disabled people at Huyton library. They will work with professional musicians, and lead the direction of the workshops, ....more The organisation will create an accessible musical ensemble for young disabled people at Huyton library. They will work with professional musicians, and lead the direction of the workshops, initiating ideas and making choices about the content and approach with guidance from the musicians. The programme will end with a celebratory performance.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Young DaDaFest
£248,000	12/07/2018 36	DaDaFest develops and showcases disability and d/Deaf arts through a multi-artform artistic programme. This programme aims to address systemic barriers to engagement in the arts faced by young ....more DaDaFest develops and showcases disability and d/Deaf arts through a multi-artform artistic programme. This programme aims to address systemic barriers to engagement in the arts faced by young disabled people. This will embed inclusive practice in the core programmes of major regional venues via long-term, formal partnerships, supported by academic research into the conditions for successful organisational development in this area.
Youth Music - Young DaDaFest Ensemble
£99,998	11/05/2018	Young DaDaFest Ensemble
BBC Children in Need - Grant to DaDa -- Disability and Deaf Arts (DaDaFest)
£90,025	02/03/2018 36	This project will deliver 'Young DaDaFest' for young people at Alder Hey who are disabled, deaf or living with a long term illness. It will deliver artistic development sessions and performances to ....more This project will deliver 'Young DaDaFest' for young people at Alder Hey who are disabled, deaf or living with a long term illness. It will deliver artistic development sessions and performances to increase confidence, self-belief and artistic ability.
Youth Music - Young DaDaFest Ensemble
£29,971	07/07/2017	Young DaDaFest Ensemble
National Lottery Community Fund - DaDaFest Rookies
£275,589	27/07/2016 36	This is a new project by Disability and Deaf Arts in Liverpool (DaDa). The project will offer skills development, training and qualifications to disabled people aged 14-30. The project will provide a ....more This is a new project by Disability and Deaf Arts in Liverpool (DaDa). The project will offer skills development, training and qualifications to disabled people aged 14-30. The project will provide a leadership programme, run by young people, peer mentoring sessions as well as access to grants and opportunities to shadow professionals for those wanting to develop their business skills within the arts. It is hoped that the project will help to prepare beneficiaries for work and develop their career goals.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to DaDa - Disability and Deaf Arts
£50,300	30/06/2014	Unsung: Celebrating the Bicentenary, Social Actions and legacy of Edward Rushton
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to DaDa - Disability & Deaf Arts
£49,800	31/10/2013	Recipe for Scouse: the heritage ingredients in our unique Liverpool identity
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to DaDa - Disability and Deaf Arts
£16,000	28/06/2013	Young DaDA, an empowerment programme, which enables disabled young people to use the arts to bring issues to the fore & learn new skills. Led by a Young DaDa steering group, ensuring YP make ....more Young DaDA, an empowerment programme, which enables disabled young people to use the arts to bring issues to the fore & learn new skills. Led by a Young DaDa steering group, ensuring YP make the decisions about the programme and have their voices heard.
National Lottery Community Fund - DaDa Live - A live arts and performance programme for Disabled/Deaf young p
£86,000	12/01/2010 24	This new project will deliver a live arts and progressive performance programme for disabled and deaf young people aged 13-19 in Merseyside. It will aim to break down the barriers experienced by this ....more This new project will deliver a live arts and progressive performance programme for disabled and deaf young people aged 13-19 in Merseyside. It will aim to break down the barriers experienced by this group and provide them with training, development and an opportunity to learn and develop new skills. Activities will include weekly workshops, rehearsal and development sessions delivered by disabled/deaf arts practitioners, and two one-week residential sessions culminating in showcasing performances.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 49-63

ALISON BREADON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Charity Worker

HORMOZ AHMADZADEH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Cic Director

JANE CORDELL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Professional Coach

ROBERT MARTIN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Marketing Consultant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/1992, number: 1014390
Registered at Companies House on 09/08/1991, number: 02636606

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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; AR22: 6 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

THE BLUECOAT
SCHOOL LANE
L1 3BX

Objectives

1) TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS ACROSS THE UK AND INTERNATIONALLY2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IFOR ARTS, CULTURE, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PERSONS FOR WHOM SUCH FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS3) TO PROMOTE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF, AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, DISABLED AND DEAF PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO FULL AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AS CITIZENS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH WEST ENGLAND

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