Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

REACH LEARNING DISABILITY

The charity supports people with learning disabilities to achieve a good life in their community by providing care support, day service and accommodation services.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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£3,339£2,678£661£108£2,524£9424.297104
31/03/22£3,083£2,539£544£103£1,863£8243.910286
31/03/21£2,916£2,265£650£106£1,319£7934.29865
31/03/20£2,577£2,392£185£101£669£5332.7100120
31/03/19£2,136£2,135£1£116£484£4662.693155
31/03/18£1,914£1,941£-27£108£483£4682.9970
31/03/17£1,670£1,684£-14£101£510£4913.5380
31/03/16£1,410£1,335£75£46£524£4824.3230
31/03/15£976£925£52£44£450£4075.3480
31/03/14£708£688£21£61£398£3776.6350
31/03/13£650£522£128£50£377£2936.7140
31/03/12£377£241£136n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£200£199£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£132£138£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£106£114£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£67£77£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£53£73£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£75£79£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£86£58£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£60£56£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 37%
Reserves/Spending: 4.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 10.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 25 years

www.reachuk.org

steve.shatwell@reachuk.org

07980825072

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Nottinghamshire,
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
Samworth Foundation£101,632
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
Masonic Trust£52,611
The Clothworkers Foundation£50,000
Wolfson Foundation£50,000
DCMS£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Reach Learning Disability
£5,881 21/10/2023
We aim to offer tailored courses and activities to enable people with learning disabilities in Southwell to move more and learn about healthier lifestyle choices, which improve emotional wellbeing.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Reach Learning Disability
£6,622 22/10/2022
We aim to deliver bespoke wellbeing activities to vulnerable people with learning disabilities in Southwell to help reduce anxiety, which causes barriers to participation in community life.
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Mindfulness Garden
£10,000 26/11/2021
The funding will be used to fund ICT project resources and an experienced Project Worker to develop deliver and co-ordinate programmes of daily wellbeing activities. The project aims to plan and create a therapeutic ‘mindfulness garden’ which ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Reach Southwell and Flower Pod
£8,008 23/10/2021
We would like to deliver bespoke wellbeing activities to vulnerable people with learning disabilities in Southwell to help them overcome the emotional trauma of social isolation.
Samworth Foundation - Environment
£87,582 15/10/2021
To provide funding to improve the outside space and environmental impact of the Reach Leaning Centre
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 01/10/2021
Southwell Accommodation Project
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Reach Learning Disability
£50,000 16/07/2021
construction of building for a charity supporting adults with learning disabilities in Southwell
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Reach Learning Disability
£50,000 10/06/2021
Supported living accommodation for adults with learning disabilities
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£50,000 23/07/2020
"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
Samworth Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Grant
£14,050 23/06/2020
12
Funding to continue supporting over 100 family carers of people with learning disabilities in Nottinghamshire during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£52,611 10/02/2020
Grant to support carers over 50 who look after people (family) with learning disabilities in Nottinghamshire.
Wates Foundation - Foundation Grant-Reach Learning Disability-11/09/2019
£15,000 10/09/2019
The funding will contribute towards the salary costs of the Flower Pod Centre Manager who will manage a programme of activities and capacity building initiatives to maintain the current high quality of delivery.
National Lottery Community Fund - All Part of Life
£441,128 22/03/2019
60
This project supports people with learning disabilities in Nottinghamshire._x000D_ They aim to build the confidence and skills of their clients and increase their capacity to live fulfilling, independent lives in the community.
Samworth Foundation - Young Voices
£200,718 07/02/2019
36
3 year youth participation programme giving young people a voice in sexual exploitation
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£9,987 20/12/2018
Making an adult day centre more accessible for young people with learning disabilities, developing specific work addressing loneliness
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£9,987 20/12/2018
Making an adult day centre more accessible for young people with learning disabilities, developing specific work addressing loneliness
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Reach Learning Disability
£14,625 19/11/2018
We want to offer more outdoor learning and therapy opportunities for people with learning disabilities at Flower Pod.
Sport England - Activate!
£9,990 23/10/2018
14
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Activate!. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reach Mansfield Healthy Living Project
£9,383 26/03/2018
12
The project is a weekly session for people with learning disabilities to raise awareness of lifestyle choices related to conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Reach Learning Disability
£6,050 29/11/2017
Help fund activities that allow people with learning disabilities in Southwell to volunteer and participate in all areas of community life.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-74
  • JOHN PEACOCK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired Solicitor
  • JULIE PAYNE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Housewife
  • MRS PATRICIA COLMAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Independent Investigator
  • MARK BRAMBLE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: It Professional
  • NICHOLAS ANDREW TURNER Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Self Employed Retailer
  • NORMAN ADRIAN HARTLEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • PAUL EVANS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant
  • RACHEL LANNON (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • ROBERT GARDNER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/06/1999, number: 1076318
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/03/1999, number: 03724275
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • 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; all on time
Main office

PREBEND PASSAGE
SOUTHWELL
NOTTS
NG25 0JH

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES (INCLUDING THOSE WITHOUT A FORMAL DIAGNOSIS, THOSE WITH AUTISM, BRAIN DAMAGE AND/OR WHOSE SENSORY AND COMMUNICATION IMPAIRMENTS PRESENT A SIMILAR BARRIER TO QUALITY OF LIFE AS LIVING WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY) AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS WITHIN A 50 MILES RADIUS OF SOUTHWELL, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTHWELL NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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