Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

DISABILITY INITIATIVE 

DI provides support to people with physical disabilities and acquired brain injuries, enabling them to develop their abilities and to increase their participation, involvement and independence. DI works to build a person's confidence and self-esteem and develops strategies to prevent further disability or deterioration. This is achieved through a range services delivered from its centre in Surrey.
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 and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 29 years

www.disabilityinitiative.org.uk

info@disabilityinitiative.org.uk

01276676302

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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
31/12/22£236£247£-11n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/21*£692£691£2£45£1,024£92916.11312
31/12/20*£305£56£249n/an/an/an/an/a13
31/12/19£591£597£-6£36£936£83216.71925
31/12/18£641£659£-18£44£925£81714.91825
31/12/17£649£575£74£39£960£84517.6190
31/12/16£617£613£4£36£886£76815190
31/12/15£655£645£10£55£883£75514140
31/12/14£589£580£9£47£873£75115.6120
31/12/13£565£550£14£55£864£73316120
31/12/12£521£524£-3£76£849£56012.8130
31/12/11£53£98£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£92£96£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£43£71£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£38£58£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£77£79£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£65£47£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£64£76£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£128£81£47£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
Who works here?
  • 12 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bracknell Forest, Hampshire, Surrey, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,

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£150,000
DCMS£109,420
Community Foundation for Surrey£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Carers' Evenings
£5,000 12/01/2023
Funding for a monthly group for carers
National Lottery Community Fund - DI Adept
£150,000 20/06/2022
The project is using funding to deliver specialist support to rebuild the lives of people with disabilities benefitting those in the West Surrey & North East Hampshire. The aim is to support ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£25,000 03/09/2020
6
Funding toward an innovative care project for people with physical and cognitive disabilities, and their carers, to prevent crisis and to promote holistic well-being
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 03/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£99,420 25/06/2020
"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
Community Foundation for Surrey - Non Contact Boxing
£5,000 19/04/2016
12
Non-contact Boxing for adults with complex physical disabilities and/ or acquired brain injuries

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-77
  • JOHN SCOTT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Risk Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/09/1995, number: 1049002
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/03/1995, number: 03029077
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 102 days late, AR20: 3 days late,
Main office

RESOURCE CENTRE
KNOLL ROAD
CAMBERLEY
SURREY
GU15 3SY

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY IN EACH CASE ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR:(1) THE PROMOTION OF RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF DISABILITY, HOWEVER CAUSED, OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, AND THEIR INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY;(2) THE MAINTENANCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF DISABLED PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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