Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

BIBIC 

Delivery of therapies and support to improve the day-to-day lives of children with brain injuries and/or developmental difficulties. Also to provide training to professionals and parents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 28 years

www.bibic.org.uk

info@bibic.org.uk

01458253344

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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£647£733£-86£214£349£2383.91918
31/03/22£555£620£-64£188£436£3927.61515
31/03/21£619£419£200£137£500£43912.51210
31/03/20£528£433£95£120£300£2587.21312
31/03/19£472£595£-123n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/18£641£545£95£210£329£3207140
31/03/17£289£464£-176£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£424£514£-90£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£293£565£-273£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£463£618£-155£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£768£669£99£224£930£79014.2210
31/03/12£784£770£14£278£951£86213.4210
31/03/11£627£774£-147£281£1,186£1,04216.1210
31/03/10£754£798£-43£294£1,483£1,30719.7160
31/03/09?*£1,276£1,456£-180£56£1,627£1,51312.5230
31/12/07*£1,260£1,186£74£266£1,807£1,59016.1310
31/12/06*£1,289£1,349£-60£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£1,125£1,473£-348£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£1,087£1,198£-111£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 37.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 43%
Liabilities/Income: 40%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 19 employees
  • 18 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
DCMS£83,932
National Lottery Community Fund£19,472
Somerset Community Foundation£14,500
Quartet Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Somerset Community Foundation - Subsidising the cost of assessment and therapy for children with developmental disabilities during the cost-of-living crisis
£5,000 31/01/2023
Grant to BIBIC
National Lottery Community Fund - A new therapist to meet increased demand for bibic’s unique therapeutic support
£9,632 20/05/2022
The funding will be used to contribute towards an additional therapist who will help children and young people who have a range of disabilities and additional needs (6m-25yrs) and their families. The ....more
Somerset Community Foundation - Grant to BIBIC
£3,000 26/11/2021
The number of Somerset families who cannot afford a contribution towards therapy costs remains high. We need fee waiver funds to ensure we never turn away families in crisis.
Somerset Community Foundation - Supporting children with developmental difficulties and their families
£2,500 25/01/2021
11
We need additional fee waiver funds to ensure we never turn away families in crisis.
Quartet Community Foundation - Reaching North Somerset families in crisis during the pandemic
£5,000 06/08/2020
We have a cluster of North Somerset families in crisis during the pandemic. We urgently need to reach them with digital services and phased restart of face to face services.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£79,000 18/06/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to bibic
£4,932 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will provide adapted video assessment sessions for disabled children and young people further isolated by Covid-19. They will be able to reduce their anxiety and have better ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,932 27/05/2020
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
Somerset Community Foundation - COVID Support to families with children with additional needs
£4,000 15/04/2020
2
Grant to BIBIC
National Lottery Community Fund - Providing outreach in the family home
£9,840 31/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver therapy activities that are designed to support children who have long-term health conditions or are living with the effects of brain injuries. The project aims to ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£45,000 16/04/2019
Expanding bibic's therapeutic capacity
BBC Children in Need - Grant to BIBIC
£92,467 28/02/2019
36
This project works with learning disabled children providing ongoing support for them and their families. The sessions will help to increase their self-worth, have improved relationships, social ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 04/12/2017
bibic assessment and therapy programmes
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 20/04/2016
Works with children and young people with neurological and genetic conditions that cause developmental difficulties affecting their social, physical, communication and learning abilities. Provides ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Support and Development Officer and Mobile Clinics for the West Midl
£234,722 10/03/2010
48
This project will enable families living in the West Midlands to benefit from the BIBIC (previously the British Institute for Brain Into Children) support services. Beneficiaries will be families of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Outreach for children with disabilities
£391,941 11/02/2010
48
This project is a continuation and expansion of the group's work, and will increase provision in the South West. The project will provide support to families with disabled children who have complex ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-72
  • LAURA JANE VOYLE (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Senior Advisor Communications And Campaigns
  • ROSS HENLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Councillor And Trainer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/08/1996, number: 1057635
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/06/1996, number: 03217418
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 risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
19 returns made; AR09: 45 days late, AR07: 13 days late, AR06: 98 days late, AR05: 66 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE MOLLY FORSTER CHARITABLE TRUST on 12/03/2024
Main office

Bibic
Old Kelways
Somerton Road
Langport
TA10 9SJ

Objectives

1. TO REDUCE NEED AND HARDSHIP AMONG CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.2. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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