Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 7

Good reserves management: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 23

GLOUCESTERSHIRE DEAF ASSOCIATION

To provide quality services appropriate to the needs and wishes of Deaf and Hardof Hearing people and their families.To assist Deaf and Hard of Hearing people gain equal access to information and services.To work with other organisations ensuring that resources are used in the most effective way to meet the needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people and their families.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
Over half the Board have joined 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		£984	£1,029	£-45	£3	£576	£437	5.1	13	20
31/03/22		£948	£963	£-15	£6	£565	£482	6	16	65
31/03/21		£909	£821	£88	£0	£483	£427	6.2	13	30
31/03/20		£869	£882	£-13	£0	£348	£339	4.6	13	34
31/03/19		£715	£737	£-23	£0	£366	£354	5.8	10	24
31/03/18		£624	£624	£0	£6	£388	£377	7.2	7	0
31/03/17	*	£473	£473	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£401	£402	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£594	£373	£222	£366	£383	£357	11.5	7	0
31/03/14	*	£341	£422	£-81	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£320	£634	£-314	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£290	£331	£-41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£409	£493	£-84	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£289	£313	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£283	£268	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£226	£252	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£324	£306	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£418	£364	£53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£394	£304	£90	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£377	£242	£135	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 5.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8

Asset Split ?

Established: 31 years

www.gda.org.uk

admin@gda.org.uk

01452 372999

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

13 employees
20 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£57,240
Barnwood Trust	£54,738
DCMS	£10,000
Masonic Trust	£1,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf in the Covid Aftermath (DCA)
£47,400	14/12/2022	This funding will allow the project to consult with deaf people to identify the changes and solutions that could be put in place across communities and a variety of settings to enable full ....more This funding will allow the project to consult with deaf people to identify the changes and solutions that could be put in place across communities and a variety of settings to enable full participation for deaf people.
Barnwood Trust - Digital Inclusion Fund
£16,530	21/11/2022	See You, Hear You' - digital inclusion of deaf people
National Lottery Community Fund - Building capability for additional Deaf staff
£9,840	29/04/2022	The funding will be used to equip new additional deaf staff with suitable work laptops. The project aims to improve on accessibility whilst equipping and training new and inexperienced staff.
Barnwood Trust - Gloucestershire Funders (Organisational & Group Funding)
£6,015	28/03/2022	Recharging a Listening-Aid and Visual Alert Equipment Service after Covid
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,800	25/01/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£12,193	20/10/2020	Services for deaf and hearing-impaired people
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	29/09/2020	"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."
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£15,000	17/08/2020	Services for deaf and hearing-impaired people
Barnwood Trust - Organisational and Groups Funding
£5,000	21/04/2020	Maintaining services during lockdown
National Lottery Community Fund - Sounding Out New Opportunities for Deaf Young People
£9,924	21/03/2018 12	The funding will be used to run a pilot project to explore ways to improve access to mainstream activities for deaf children, young people and their families.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Gloucestershire Deaf Association.
£80,900	07/12/2012	Delivery of the `My Friend Network` project, including providing training workshops around money issues for older deaf people who use BSL, a programme of Deaf Awareness workshops and introducing ....more Delivery of the `My Friend Network` project, including providing training workshops around money issues for older deaf people who use BSL, a programme of Deaf Awareness workshops and introducing video relay interpreting to Deaf and deafened service users

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 40-64

SAM STOCKEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Primary Teacher

ABBIE ELIZABETH WARREN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Charity Founder

LOUISE TAYLOR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Office Manager

RICHARD JAMES REECE KEAN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director

VICTORIA SHEEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant

WILLIAM HAROLD STAVERT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Education Officer, Other trusteeship: ACTION DEAFNESS,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/12/1992, number: 1015937
Registered at Companies House on 02/03/1992, number: 02692718

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 7 days late, AR15: 9 days late, AR14: 20 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR09: 18 days late, AR08: 12 days late,

Main office

CENTRE FOR DEAF PEOPLE
COLIN ROAD
BARNWOOD
GLOUCESTER
GL4 3JL

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE DISABILITY OF DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE BY THE PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL, MATERIAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HELP SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO BE FULLY INTEGRATED IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND TO PROMOTE THIS OBJECT BY ALL APPROPRIATE MEANS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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