Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

SKILLS FOR PEOPLE

To support disabled people to speak up & have control over their lives. Self advocacy, advocacy, consultancy & training, person centred planning for disabled people & those who support them. User involvement in services for disabled people & their families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,058£1,168£-110£0£875£8448.74610
31/03/22*£1,051£756£295£0£985£77712.33110
31/03/21£690£669£22£0£689£68512.3326
31/03/20£832£738£94£0£668£65510.63220
31/03/19£729£683£46£0£574£4978.73520
31/03/18£679£685£-6£7£528£4838.5380
31/03/17£501£573£-72£0£535£52911.1320
31/03/16£540£640£-100£0£607£180.3150
31/03/15£482£509£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£522£537£-15£35£734£1503.4120
31/03/13£503£675£-172£44£749£1562.8140
31/03/12£948£788£160£50£921£2894.4170
31/03/11£1,133£818£315£43£761£1432.1110
31/03/10£881£890£-8£38£446£871.2160
31/03/09£883£867£16£35£454£1281.8190
31/03/08£792£819£-27£30£438£1111.6240
31/03/07£627£665£-38£50£465£1392.5150
31/03/06£746£658£88n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£505£486£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£415£406£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 50%
Liabilities/Income: 81%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 8.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 26 years

www.skillsforpeople.org.uk

information@skillsforpeople.org.uk

01912818737

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Wolfson Foundation£50,000
DCMS£32,990
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£24,865
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£17,300
National Lottery Community Fund£15,780
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Social and Speaking Up Groups for people with a learning disability
£8,490 16/12/2022
The funding will be used to provide social and self-advocacy groups for people with learning disabilities and autism. The project will enable those involved to develop skills confidence and social networks.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to Skills For People
£6,723 08/09/2022
Costs towards four social interaction programmes in newcastle and gateshead for learning disabled and autistic (lda) people
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Skills for People - 06/05/22
£2,000 20/06/2022
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Self Advocates' Forum
£7,290 27/08/2021
The project will use the funding to create a forum for people with learning disabilities and Autism as self-advocates to help inform the group’s board and decision making. This will develop the skills confidence independence and employment ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 11/06/2021
Skills for People core costs
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Skills for People
£9,865 24/07/2020
Grant to Skills for People meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£32,990 17/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Core costs to continue supporting those with learning disabilities during the Covid-19 crisis
£4,000 16/07/2020
Core costs to continue supporting those with learning disabilities during the Covid-19 crisis
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Core costs to continue supporting those with learning disabilities during the Covid-19 crisis
£4,000 16/07/2020
Core costs to continue supporting those with learning disabilities during the Covid-19 crisis
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support to provide an online system so that clients can still access the services during the Covid-19 pandemic
£4,650 12/06/2020
Support to provide an online system so that clients can still access the services during the Covid-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - providing an online system so that clients can still access the services during the Covid-19 pandemic
£4,650 12/06/2020
providing an online system so that clients can still access the services during the Covid-19 pandemic
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Skills for People
£50,000 05/12/2019
Refurbishment of premises to support individuals with disabilities and their families
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Skills for People
£15,000 04/12/2019
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To develop the creation of a Discovery College to increase the charity's reach , offer , number of beneficiaries and sources of income.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Skills for People
£25,000 07/11/2019
refurbishment of a building for a charity which works with people with disabilities in Newcastle
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 25/09/2019
Refurbishment of building
National Lottery Community Fund - Raise Our Voices
£9,236 06/12/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver an, online platform (wikis) which will be regularly updated by parents of children and young people with learning disabilities. This will involve staff and parent training to use the devices to create personal ....more
Department of Health - Sharing and celebrating patient and public involvement in healthcare community- Skills for People
£2,500 01/07/2018
To support the organisation to inform NHS England about the good practice undertaken about how citizens and patients are involved in making improvements to healthcare services
Masonic Trust - Social Groups
£8,965 18/10/2017
Social groups offering arts, crafts and recreational activities for people with physical disabilities and learning disabilities to reduce social isolation.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Skills for People Pottery Group
£2,520 21/06/2017
Skills for People Pottery Group
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Skills for People (Tyne & Wear)
£2,500 06/01/2014
To pay for a consultant to support the organisation to develop a new business plan for the period 2014-19.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-68
  • ALISON DAGG Appointed: 2021
  • DANIELLE RUDD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lecturer
  • DR JO WHALEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Nhs
  • DUNCAN KEITH SELLERS Appointed: 2024
  • EDWARD SEYMOUR COLLINS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • GULBARG KAUR ATWAL-CHURCHLEY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Social Worker
  • KATHRYN CHAPLIN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Teacher
  • SHEILA HALPIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Project Lead
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/06/1998, number: 1069993
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/12/1997, number: 03487635
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investing charity funds 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: 59 days late,
Main office

Skills for People
4 Glendale Terrace
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE6 1PB

Objectives

TO PROVIDE, EDUCATE, SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, THEIR PARENTS, OTHER RELATIVES, FRIENDS, PROFESSIONALS CONCERNED WITH THEIR WELFARE, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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