Finance Score: 9
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

COMPAID TRUST 

Compaid provides a range of practical services, using information technology and other resources, to enable disabled adults and children in and around Kent to maximise their social, creative, learning and employment opportunities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 27 years

www.compaid.org.uk

enquiries@compaid.org.uk

01892 834539

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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£1,396£1,340£56£41£964£78275340
31/03/22£1,296£1,197£99£32£906£7637.75530
31/03/21£1,419£1,092£327£44£809£7197.95435
31/03/20£1,028£1,075£-47£36£479£4364.95343
31/03/19£1,065£1,075£-10£35£347£3233.65240
31/03/18£1,006£1,048£-42£33£356£3323.8540
31/03/17£1,038£1,060£-22£29£399£3864.4490
31/03/16£978£942£36£25£421£3754.8450
31/03/15£677£726£-50£25£384£280.5360
31/03/14£678£702£-24£26£434£4147.1340
31/03/13£618£626£-8£27£457£1492.9250
31/03/12£697£625£72£44£465£1442.8220
31/03/11£709£527£183£44£393£932.1260
31/03/10£430£501£-71£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£424£465£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£538£456£83£46£349£2005.3300
31/03/07£669£471£199£55£363£1874.8210
31/03/06£519£453£65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£431£437£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£356£393£-37£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 4.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • East Sussex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 53 employees
  • 40 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
National Lottery Community Fund£200,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
DCMS£30,000
Wolfson Foundation£30,000
Department for Transport£19,287
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Compaid - 26/05/22
£2,500 23/06/2022
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Out and About in Kent
£200,000 15/03/2021
37
A project that enables people with disability older and other vulnerable people to overcome the barriers of social and digital exclusion and to live their lives to the full. Funding will be used to ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,000 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
Department for Transport - Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
£11,736 01/04/2020
The Local Authority Bus Subsidy Ring-Fenced (Revenue) Grant is paid by the Department for Transport to local authorities in place of the Bus Services Operators Grant previously paid to bus operators ....more
Department for Transport - Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
£7,551 01/04/2020
The Local Authority Bus Subsidy Ring-Fenced (Revenue) Grant is paid by the Department for Transport to local authorities in place of the Bus Services Operators Grant previously paid to bus operators ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000 13/03/2020
Compaid service expansion
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Compaid
£3,644 15/11/2019
Providing accessible transport and digital skills for disabled and elderly people
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Compaid
£30,000 13/06/2019
Purchase of wheelchair accessible minibus, supporting a transport service for individuals with disabilities
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Compaid Trust
£19,000 16/05/2018
minibus for a charity which works with disabled people in Kent
Masonic Trust - Online to Opportunities
£45,000 18/10/2017
Training in digital and IT skills for adults with disabilities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 09/10/2017
Core costs application for Compaid
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Compaid Trust
£10,000 16/03/2015
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towards one year's running costs of a project in Kent providing support to disabled adults to help them learn computer and IT skills
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Compaid Trust
£30,000 29/04/2014
The charity provides services for disabled people to reduce isolation and improve their prospects in employment and training. The funding will allow them to continue this and expand their services.
National Lottery Community Fund - Compaid Transport expansion
£86,485 14/03/2013
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This expanding community transport service will support disabled people in Kent and Sussex to access medical appointments and social activities. The transport scheme will increase its overall ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/08/1997, number: 1064160
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 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; AR04: 23 days late,
Main office

Compaid Trust
Unit 1
Eastlands Estate
Maidstone Road
Paddock Wood
TONBRIDG

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF DISABLED AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEM REALISE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND ACHIEVE BETTER LIFE OUTCOMES, AND SPECIFICALLY TO FACILITATE THEIR SOCIAL, DIGITAL AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION. IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND TRAINING IN THE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICES; THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO WISH TO GAIN OR RETAIN PAID OR VOLUNTARY WORK AND CARRYING OUT RESEARCH IN THE ABOVE AREAS, AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS TO INFLUENCE POLICY MAKING BOTH AT LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KENT, SUSSEX, SURREY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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