Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

BRIGHTON & HOVE SPEAK OUT 

Speak Out provides a range of advocacy support for adults with learning disabilities in Brighton and Hove. The charity aims to support people with learning disabilities to: - express their views and have control over their lives - understand and claim their rights - access the support and services they need - participate in and contribute to their communities.
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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 25 years

www.bhspeakout.org.uk

info@bhspeakout.org.uk

01273421921

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX

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£300£292£8n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/22£287£294£-7n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/21£333£299£34n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/20£271£271£0n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£199£247£-48n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/18£269£225£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£229£211£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£211£195£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£211£195£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£209£204£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£149£151£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£147£138£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£149£147£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£154£147£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£135£130£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£135£130£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£125£119£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£123£124£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£111£113£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£85£107£-22£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Brighton And Hove,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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
Henry Smith Charity£264,500
Sussex Community Foundation£21,750
Lloyds Bank Foundation£10,290
National Lottery Community Fund£9,544
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£750 15/06/2023
Funding was provided for workshops and activities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£1,901 22/10/2022
We would like to continue to provide our helpline for people with learning disabilities to reduce their loneliness and isolation.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Speak Out East
£500 01/07/2022
Funding was provided towards workshops and activities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£178,700 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing self advocacy services for people with learning disabilities in Brighton, Sussex.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 stories from the Learning Disability Community
£9,544 03/09/2021
The funding will be used to document and share the Covid-19 experiences of people with learning disabilities. The project aims to support people to tell their stories and have their voices and ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Speak Out East
£500 21/06/2021
Funding was provided towards workshops and activities at Speak Out East's Drop-In sessions.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£10,000 11/06/2021
Brighton & Hove Speak Out are a dynamic small charity for people with learning disabilities in Brighton and Hove. They provide advocacy support, drop-in and group sessions. Funding was provided ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Brighton and Hove Speak Out - 01/04/21
£1,250 21/04/2021
Core Funding
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£85,800 04/02/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Transitions Project' which provides support to young people with learning disabilities in Brighton and Hove transitioning from children's services to adult ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£5,000 18/11/2020
12
Funding was provided towards core running costs.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£10,290 23/07/2020
Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£5,000 06/04/2020
Brighton & Hove Speak Out supports adults with learning disabilities to speak up and be heard about the things that matter to them. They provide one to one advocacy support and drop-in sessions ....more
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£5,000 18/03/2020
Providing front line support for disabled people
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning Disability Voices Network
£219,340 19/12/2018
36
The organisation, which provides advocacy for people with learning disabilities in Brighton and Hove, will use the funding to increase engagement through hiring an additional employee, who will ....more
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£3,000 21/02/2018
Advocacy, skills training, advocacy, advice and information and activities for people with learning disabilities.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£60,330 30/11/2017
36
Toward the salaries of the Transition Advocate and Project Manager delivering support to young adults with learning disabilities to transition into independent living.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£4,350 17/11/2017
12
Brighton & Hove Speak Out supports adults with learning disabilities to speak up and be heard about the things that matter to them. Funding was provided to help provide much needed work ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£9,700 24/10/2017
Our History Our Voice - 25 years of speaking out in Brighton and Hove
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£2,759 04/08/2017
Our group will enable young people with learning disability to gain confidence in voicing their opinions and speaking up for themselves.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brighton and Hove Speak Out
£5,000 08/06/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing support and advocacy to people with learning disabilities in Brighton & Hove
Comic Relief - Brighton and Hove Learning Disability Voices Network
£114,852 25/11/2015
36
People with learning disabilities often face high levels of inequality and discrimination. Those on the edge of services can be especially vulnerable to falling between support services and not ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Hub
£155,156 15/08/2012
36
The aim of this new project is to establish and run a dynamic user-led hub which will enable people with learning difficulties across Brighton and Hove to become more independent and confident. This ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-63
  • JO-ANNE CARDEN (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Director Brighton Relate
  • ROHAN LOWE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Local Government Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/08/1999, number: 1076995
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/07/1999, number: 03807112
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; AR06: 2 days late,
Main office

The Brighthelm Centre
40 North Road
Brighton
EAST SUSSEX
BN1 1YD

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND WHO LIVE IN BRIGHTON OR HOVE OR THE IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREA

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRIGHTON OR HOVE OR THE IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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