Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 0

Low unrestricted reserves: -2

12+ Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 3

VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY

To relieve and support people with disabilities through the provision of advocacy services and projects.To advance the education of the general public about the needs of people with disabilitiesTo advance and promote education of people with disabilities

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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:

There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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		£11,349	£12,409	£-1,060	£0	£2,952	£2,952	2.9	362	50
31/03/22		£10,993	£10,308	£685	£0	£4,061	£4,061	4.7	298	50
31/03/21		£10,286	£10,240	£45	£0	£3,272	£3,272	3.8	310	52
31/03/20		£8,834	£8,904	£-70	£0	£3,021	£3,021	4.1	266	56
31/03/19		£9,038	£8,818	£220	£0	£3,124	£3,124	4.3	270	41
31/03/18		£8,677	£8,755	£-78	£0	£2,832	£2,832	3.9	291	0
31/03/17		£9,161	£9,818	£-657	£0	£2,894	£2,791	3.4	240	0
31/03/16		£9,772	£9,678	£93	£872	£3,463	£3,237	4	251	0
31/03/15		£9,606	£9,345	£261	£15	£3,407	£3,053	3.9	226	0
31/03/14		£9,051	£8,526	£526	£21	£3,147	£2,866	4	199	0
31/03/13		£6,923	£6,719	£204	£13	£2,621	£2,338	4.2	141	0
31/03/12		£7,889	£7,663	£227	£358	£2,417	£2,167	3.4	183	0
31/03/11	*	£7,392	£7,151	£241	£17	£2,191	£2,000	3.4	182	0
31/03/10	*	£4,901	£4,872	£30	£16	£843	£633	1.6	121	0
31/03/09	*	£4,097	£3,882	£215	£20	£813	£695	2.1	110	0
31/03/08	*	£3,061	£2,929	£132	£6	£598	£567	2.3	97	0
31/03/07		£2,283	£2,119	£164	£9	£466	£437	2.5	57	0
31/03/06		£1,324	£1,303	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£1,018	£915	£103	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£644	£618	£26	£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: 3%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 2.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 25 years

www.voiceability.org

info@voiceability.org

01223555800

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

362 employees
50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-63

RIA DAVIES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: National Digital Manager

ANDREW WESTON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

ELIZABETH DEBNAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Actuary

FIONA BEYER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Researcher

IZARO ARBELAIZ-TERESA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

LIAM CUNNINGHAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

MAHUA NANDI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Finance Director

MATTHEW SMITH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: None

VIRAL SHAH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Financial Services Professional

ALISON REID Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeship: AGE UK CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH,

ANTHONY OSIJO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Investment Banker

GAVIN SUMNER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

JAMES SCHOFIELD Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

SUSAN CATHERINE BROWN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Non Executive Director And Celebrant

SUSAN DOUGLAS-SCOTT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Non Executive Director And Celebrant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/07/1999, number: 1076630
Registered at Companies House on 30/06/1999, number: 03798884

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
Investment
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; AR11: 2 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR09: 1 days late, AR08: 14 days late,

Main office

c/o Sayer Vincent
Invicta House
108-114 Golden Lane
London
EC1Y 0TL

Objectives

A) TO RELIEVE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY SERVICES AND PROJECTS. B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESC) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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