Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 19

ACTION ON DISABILITY

Action on Disability's main activity as a charitable company by guarantee is to promote equality of opportunity in the community for all disabled people.This is done through the delivery of high quality services, influencing local and national policy and the removal of barriers to full participation in society.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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		£1,115	£1,019	£96	£5	£664	£400	4.7	35	21
31/03/22		£1,073	£907	£165	£2	£567	£450	6	41	25
31/03/21		£893	£777	£116	£5	£402	£346	5.3	24	25
31/03/20		£949	£881	£69	£14	£286	£247	3.4	27	30
31/03/19		£1,084	£1,030	£54	£4	£217	£199	2.3	33	40
31/03/18		£1,112	£1,115	£-3	£34	£164	£151	1.6	32	0
31/03/17		£1,204	£1,155	£49	£42	£167	£149	1.5	24	0
31/03/16		£1,045	£1,014	£31	£0	£117	£100	1.2	24	0
31/03/15		£1,027	£1,092	£-65	£14	£86	£77	0.8	24	0
31/03/14		£1,222	£1,272	£-49	£2	£151	£119	1.1	24	0
31/03/13	*	£1,236	£1,207	£29	£26	£201	£138	1.4	19	0
31/03/12	*	£1,145	£1,190	£-45	£3	£172	£145	1.5	24	0
31/03/11		£1,228	£1,296	£-68	£6	£217	£163	1.5	24	0
31/03/10		£1,192	£1,139	£53	£6	£285	£145	1.5	24	0
31/03/09		£1,178	£1,101	£76	£3	£232	£113	1.2	24	0
31/03/08		£1,054	£1,043	£12	£3	£156	£74	0.9	16	0
31/03/07		£854	£842	£11	£3	£144	£94	1.3	16	0
31/03/06	*	£795	£807	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£832	£798	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£721	£669	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 60%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 22 years

www.aod.org.uk

info@aod.org.uk

020738352098

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Brent, City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington And Chelsea, Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

35 employees
21 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	£337,851
City Bridge Trust	£270,800
John Lyon's Charity	£125,600
Wolfson Foundation	£50,000
Youth Music	£29,400
DCMS	£27,581
Garfield Weston Foundation	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Action on Disability
£6,000	17/12/2022	Cost-of-Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Our Place’ – a community space for disabled people in Hammersmith and Fulham
£337,851	08/09/2022	The funding will be used to create a community space and resource hub that disabled people can call their own. The project will include activities and training courses to help people learn new skills ....more The funding will be used to create a community space and resource hub that disabled people can call their own. The project will include activities and training courses to help people learn new skills network with people and increase community cohesion.
Trust for London - Action on Disability
£7,500	05/03/2022	This funding is to deliver co-production training for Disabled young people aged 11-25. Our aim is to empower local Disabled young people to understand how the lived experience and skills they have ....more This funding is to deliver co-production training for Disabled young people aged 11-25. Our aim is to empower local Disabled young people to understand how the lived experience and skills they have can be enhanced and shared to create positive change and co-produced with Officers from LBHF.
Youth Music - Soundz
£29,400	04/03/2022	Soundz
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	05/11/2021	AoD community response
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Action on Disability
£50,000	01/03/2021	£50,000 over 12 months for the full time Project Coordinator and contributions towards part-time youth workers and sessional staff.
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Action on Disability
£90,000	18/11/2020 36	Youth Service
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£27,581	09/10/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Action on Disability
£29,600	14/09/2020 6	COVID-19: LCR Wave 3 - Core costs of the youth service
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Action on Disability
£220,800	08/07/2020 60	£220,800 over five years (£44,500; £42,800; £43,230; £45,970; £44,300) towards staff costs, sessional costs and overheads for programmes with young people.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Action on Disability
£50,000	05/12/2019	Equipment and fit-out costs for a new centre supporting deaf and disabled individuals
Youth Music - Voices
£30,000	08/03/2019	Voices
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	03/05/2017	Core Youth Services
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Action on Disability
£121,300	12/03/2015 36	£121,300 over 3 years (£41,400, £39,600, £40,300) towards an Independent Living Officer and associated running costs.
Sport England - Sport for life - removing barriers for disabled young people
£118,980	30/05/2014	Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Sport for life - removing barriers for disabled young people'. This project is a Multi Sports project, ....more Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Sport for life - removing barriers for disabled young people'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to HAFAD
£90,000	05/12/2012 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing welfare and benefits advice to disabled people in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
National Lottery Community Fund - Including Disabled Volunteers
£300,000	12/09/2011 36	This continuation and expansion of an existing project will deliver a programme designed to support disabled young people (DYP) aged 16 to 25 into supported volunteer placements that will give them ....more This continuation and expansion of an existing project will deliver a programme designed to support disabled young people (DYP) aged 16 to 25 into supported volunteer placements that will give them workplace experience that can be used ultimately to gain employment or other positive outcomes such as education or training. The project provides a range of local placements as well as giving each beneficiary tailor-made support based on a personal development plan.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-72

DONNA FENNER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Unemployed

GREGORY DAVID PATTON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Unemployed

JULIANA LEE DUBUISSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Business Person

MUSTAFA KARIM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

NAOMI KEY-FIELD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Research Director

AMY SUSANNAH RAIT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Research & Branding Consultant

ANGELECA JANE LOUISE SILVERSIDES Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Consultant

KATE BETTERIDGE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

MICHAEL GANNON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

SHARON HOLDER (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Councillor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/04/2002, number: 1091518
Registered at Companies House on 20/06/2001, number: 04237604

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; AR13: 58 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR06: 7 days late, AR04: 52 days late,

Main office

Centre for Independent Living
Ground Floor Office
Mo Mowlam House
Clem Atlee Court
London
SW6 7BF

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, CHOICE AND INDEPENDENCE BY REMOVING PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS TO INTEGRATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT OR LEARNING DISABILITY , OR WHO EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES, THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, EMPLOYMENT BASED ON THE ETHOS OF INDEPENDENT LIVING AND WHO RESIDE, WORK OR ARE UNDERGOING EDUCATIONAL OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM.B) TO FULFIL ANY OTHER OBJECT WHICH IS DEEMED WHOLLY AND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM

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