Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

ASSOCIATION OF WHEELCHAIR CHILDREN 

To equip young wheelchair users with the skills to help them reach their full potential and increase their confidence as well as providing ongoing support and advice for them and their families/carers. Our free, UK wide, workshops combine vital skills training with fun, games and social interaction for the whole family. We can also give guidance on the best chair to suit each individual's needs.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

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
Established: 28 years

www.go-kids-go.org.uk

roy@go-kids-go.org.uk

01482887163

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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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
31/01/23£139£153£-14n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/01/22£128£146£-18n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/01/21£185£144£40n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/01/20*£152£158£-7n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/01/19£173£147£26n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/01/18£175£136£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/17£160£128£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/16?£161£147£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£230£129£101£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£174£105£69£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£144£95£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£131£157£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£254£271£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£224£251£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£236£291£-55£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£219£209£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£248£226£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£164£161£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£151£279£-128£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Wheelchair Skills Workshops - Northern Ireland
£6,100 05/05/2023
Go Kids Go! is using a £6100 grant to run wheelchair skills workshops for children with disabilities and their families in Belfast Coleraine and Dungannon. The workshops will support children to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wheelchair Skills Workshops - Wales
£5,650 26/09/2022
Go Kids Go! (Association of Wheelchair Children) will provide wheelchair skills training for disabled children in Cardiff and Bangor. £5650 will fund staff equipment transport accommodation workshop ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wheelchair Skills Workshops - England
£9,100 01/07/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of wheelchair skills training for children who are physically disabled and introduce them to new activities such as wheelchair sport. The project aims ....more
Crowdfunder - Local Action Fund
£2,845 05/05/2022
Covid response
National Lottery Community Fund - Wheelchair Skills Workshops - Northern Ireland
£4,500 20/08/2021
Go Kids Go! is using a £4500 grant to restart their wheelchair skills training programme in Belfast Coleraine and Enniskillen. The workshops will teach young wheelchair users how to be independently ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Wheelchair Skills Workshops - Wales
£3,000 08/07/2021
Go Kids Go! (Association of Wheelchair Children) will use £3000 to provide wheelchair skills training for disabled children in Cardiff and Conwy.
National Lottery Community Fund - Scottish Wheelchair Skills Workshops
£6,600 17/05/2021
This group will use the award to deliver 4 wheelchair skills training workshops across Scotland.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wheelchair Skills Workshops
£8,800 29/04/2021
The funding will be used to deliver a programme of wheelchair skills training for children and young people with the aim of supporting participants to increase their mobility and independence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wheelchair Skills Workshops - Scotland
£4,000 26/07/2018
12
This group will run four wheelchair skills workshops for young people in Aberdeen, Inverness, Dunfermline and Perth.
National Lottery Community Fund - Wheelchair Skills Workshops - England
£5,000 14/03/2018
12
The funding will be used to run wheelchair skills workshops to teach children and young people how to use their wheelchairs. The project aims to develop key mobility skills to improve confidence and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Go Kids Go (Association of Wheelchair Children)
£86,915 17/10/2017
36
This project will provide wheelchair skills workshops to disabled young people and their families throughout the UK. Young people will become more confident, have improved wheelchair skills, ....more
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Scottish Wheelchair Skills Workshops
£5,000 31/05/2017
The delivery of 12 wheelchair skills workshops across Scotland for local children who are physically disabled and wheelchair users. The plan this year is to expand the small charity and establish a ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Go Kids Go!
£16,000 08/12/2016
Van
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 19/10/2016
Free courses to equip young wheelchair users with skills to become more independently mobile.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Go Kids Go!
£15,000 02/08/2016
purchase a van for a charity which works with disabled people in Beverley
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the wheelchair workshops
£1,000 07/08/2015
Towards the wheelchair workshops.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Go Kids Go
£25,000 28/06/2013
This charity provides training nationwide for young people who use a wheelchair, enabling them to become more independent and confident. They will use a grant to fund the salary of the Training ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards wheelchair skills workshops in the North East
£1,000 13/07/2012
Towards wheelchair skills workshops in the North East, the North West and Yorkshire.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 59-77
  • JOHN GOWIE Appointed: 2011, Occupation: It Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/09/1996, number: 1057894
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/09/1996, number: 03249582
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • 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; AR20: 4 days late,
Main office

90 Wilbert Lane
BEVERLEY
HU17 0AL

Objectives

TO ASSIST AND SUPPORT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 18 SUFFERING FROM RESTRICTED OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY TO AMELIORATE THE EFFECT OF THEIR CONDITION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL ABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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