Finance Score: -8

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Spending falling: -1
Volatile income: -3

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

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 6

REAL DPO LTD

Real supports disabled people and people with long term health conditions in Tower Hamlets, to live as independently as they chose, and obtain full rights and privileges as citizens, in accordance with the social model of disability and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We deliver advocacy, information and advice, and engagement and community voice projects

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile 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		£603	£664	£-61	£0	£147	£114	2.1	11	30
31/03/22	*	£585	£575	£10	£0	£208	£146	3	13	10
31/03/21		£811	£746	£65	£0	£198	£156	2.5	11	0
31/03/20		£574	£667	£-94	£0	£133	£120	2.2	9	6
31/03/19	*	£938	£975	£-37	£0	£226	£214	2.6	16	6
31/03/18		£1,025	£1,007	£18	£0	£263	£189	2.3	17	0
31/03/17	*	£910	£946	£-37	£0	£245	£204	2.6	18	0
31/03/16	*	£904	£831	£73	£1	£282	£165	2.4	14	0
31/03/15	*	£870	£822	£48	£7	£209	£163	2.4	16	0
31/03/14	*	£772	£852	£-80	£2	£161	£56	0.8	14	0
31/03/13	*	£720	£699	£21	£2	£241	£187	3.2	15	0
31/03/12	*	£673	£655	£18	£77	£220	£51	0.9	20	0
31/03/11	*	£439	£399	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£284	£258	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£242	£217	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£197	£200	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£203	£214	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£137	£117	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/05	*	£97	£85	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/04	*	£98	£106	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 12%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 68%
Liabilities/Income: 51%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 78%
Reserves/Spending: 2.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1

Asset Split ?

Established: 27 years

www.real.org.uk

hello@real.org.uk

020 7001 2170

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Tower Hamlets,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

11 employees
30 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

Trust for London	£500,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£235,245
City Bridge Trust	£81,263

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Propel - Coproducing Quality of Life outcomes for Disabled People
£235,245	17/03/2023	Funding will be used to interview people with a range of impairments and from a range of socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds to gather views about their life and use the data to drive change. This ....more Funding will be used to interview people with a range of impairments and from a range of socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds to gather views about their life and use the data to drive change. This project aims to strengthen disabled voice and civic engagement widen accessibility and ensure disabled residents feel more connected and empowered as a result.
Trust for London - Real DPO Ltd
£500,000	13/10/2021 24	The funding is for a project under Strengthening Voices, Realising Rights to deliver a co-produced solution to the challenges faced by disabled people in London as a result of charging for social ....more The funding is for a project under Strengthening Voices, Realising Rights to deliver a co-produced solution to the challenges faced by disabled people in London as a result of charging for social care, addressing the unique disadvantages facing disabled people in the capital.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Real DPO Ltd
£50,000	08/04/2021	towards implementing a Salesforce based CRM system and core management costs as outlined in your application
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Real DPO Ltd
£31,263	02/09/2020	towards the costs outlined in your application for equipment and training required to allow staff, board members and volunteers to work safely from home whilst engaging and supporting disabled clients

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-80

OWAIS NIAZ Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Self-Employed

DAVID KEVIN BURBIDGE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

GRENVILLE RUPERT STANLEY BINGHAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

PROFESSOR ALAN JOHN DREW Appointed: 2023, Occupation: None

HENRY WILLIAM STONE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Unemployed

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/04/1997, number: 1061671
Registered at Companies House on 12/06/1996, number: 03213172

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

20 returns made; AR22: 79 days late, AR19: 47 days late, AR17: 46 days late, AR16: 80 days late, AR15: 111 days late, AR14: 112 days late, AR13: 65 days late, AR12: 9 days late, AR11: 30 days late, AR10: 116 days late, AR09: 6 days late, AR07: 66 days late, AR05: 55 days late, AR04: 132 days late,

Main office

REAL
JACK DASH HOUSE
2 LAWN HOUSE CLOSE
LONDON

Objectives

FOR THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND THE SURROUNDING BOROUGHS WITHIN GREATER LONDON TO ENABLE THEM TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS AND TO OBTAIN THEIR INHERENT RIGHT TO LIFE ON AN EQUAL BASIS WITH OTHERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOCIAL MODEL OF DISABILITY AND THE UN CONVENTION FOR DISABLED PEOPLE

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS AND SURROUNDING BOROUGHS WITHIN GREATER LONDON

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