Finance Score: -10

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

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

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 1

FIND A VOICE

Find A Voice supports people with severe communication difficulties that may require some form of augmentative and alternative communication, such as signing, symbols or a communication aid. Services provided are a loan resource library and outreach service to those living in Kent and Medway, symbol training, one-to-one ICT support for adults that have learning and/or communication disabilities.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
31/03/22		£54	£70	£-16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21		£59	£65	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20	*	£155	£111	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/19		£111	£57	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/18		£80	£82	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	1
31/03/17		£103	£84	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£70	£98	£-29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£106	£91	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£124	£94	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£96	£130	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£130	£155	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£128	£136	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£125	£139	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£95	£73	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£74	£73	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£91	£65	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£69	£51	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£41	£50	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£49	£43	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 28 years

www.findavoice.org.uk

speak@findavoice.org.uk

01233640443

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

East Sussex, Essex, Kent,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£30,000
Henry Smith Charity	£15,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
BBC Children in Need	£3,000
DCMS	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Find A Voice
£3,000	17/06/2020 6	COVID19 - This grant will fund the safe delivery of communication aids to children and young people with communication difficulties, who have been isolated due to Covid-19. It will help them improve ....more COVID19 - This grant will fund the safe delivery of communication aids to children and young people with communication difficulties, who have been isolated due to Covid-19. It will help them improve their opportunities to communicate, relationships and self-worth.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000	29/05/2020	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 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 and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Find a Voice
£15,000	19/03/2020 24	towards two years' running costs of a charity supporting people who have speech, language and communication needs in Ashford, Kent
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£30,000	14/02/2020	Find a Voice - Revenue Fundraising
National Lottery Community Fund - Find a Voice Outreach Expansion Project
£10,000	16/10/2019 12	Find a Voice Outreach Expansion Project
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Find a Voice
£20,000	18/06/2018 48	Main Grant unrestricted core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Create a new disability sensory area
£9,911	03/05/2018 12	The project will install sensory equipment to provide educational and life skill programmes for young disabled adults who have left education and require ongoing support. This will provide expansion ....more The project will install sensory equipment to provide educational and life skill programmes for young disabled adults who have left education and require ongoing support. This will provide expansion to the services of the centre and aim to improve the communication skills, educational development and everyday living of young people with disabilities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	04/12/2017	Stronger Voices
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Find A Voice
£29,186	01/11/2017 36	One to one support for disabled children and young people with severe communication problems to use specialist equipment that will help them communicate, grow in confidence and have better ....more One to one support for disabled children and young people with severe communication problems to use specialist equipment that will help them communicate, grow in confidence and have better relationships with others.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Find a Voice
£20,000	13/06/2013 24	towards two years' running costs of a loan scheme that provides specialist communication equipment to children and adults with little or no speech in Kent and East Sussex

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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:

BRIAN ROY DYER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

CLAIRE POILE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Development Partnership Project Officer

ELIZABETH JANE THORNE (Chair) Appointed: 2021

GINA LOUISE ILIFFE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Student

GREG STEEL Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/10/1996, number: 1058697
Registered at Companies House on 11/10/1996, number: 03262602

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR20: 65 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR07: 55 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from EAST KENT STROKES on 30/10/2023

Main office

Find A Voice
49 Beaver Lane
Ashford
TN23 5NU

Objectives

TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WITH SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES, AND WHERE THERE IS A NEED TO FAMILIES AND CARERS OF SUCH PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT, ASSESSMENT, A RESOURCE LOAN LIBRARY OF EQUIPMENT, WITHIN THE COUNTY OF KENT;A) TO TAKE ALL MEASURES TO ASSIST PEOPLE WITH SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, FO FAR AS IT IS POSSIBLE, TO ACHIEVE SELF-DETERMINATION.B) TO PROVIDE, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE TRAINING CENTRES, AND OTHER RESOURCES APPROPRIATE TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WITH SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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