Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

DYSCOVER LIMITED

Dyscover is a charity offering long-term support, hope and opportunity to people who are isolated by communication problems after a stroke or head injury (a language disorder called Aphasia), and their families.Dyscover builds working relationships with and delivers its specialist services to health and social care workers, public, private and third sector organisations and the general public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of 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

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£242£243£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£222£223£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£167£180£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£209£209£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£190£204£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£217£195£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£217£195£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£165£125£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£200£137£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£142£159£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£185£161£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£185£161£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£176£179£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£130£131£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£118£104£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£104£92£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£73£88£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£81£66£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£48£41£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£62£10£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

www.dyscover.org.uk

info@dyscover.org.uk

01737 819419

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey,
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
Community Foundation for Surrey£23,818
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,586
DCMS£17,760
The Clothworkers Foundation£7,000
City Bridge Trust£5,250
The Grocers' Charity£3,975
Masonic Trust£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Challenge Programme of activities for people with aphasia
£5,570 11/06/2024
12.262295081967
Funding for leisure activities for those affected by Aphasia and their families.
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Dyscover ltd
£3,975 21/06/2023
to support the delivery of structured, supported conversation programmes for people with aphasia. The charity relies on well-trained, committed volunteers for all aspects of running this small charity.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£3,000 20/02/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 17/02/2023
Specialist aphasia support
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Co-ordinator
£9,961 05/08/2022
The funding will be used to recruit new volunteers to support on-line group sessions for people with aphasia. The project aims to continue providing support for beneficiaries by adapting support following the pandemic.
London Catalyst - Dyscover Ltd. - 4
£3,000 03/05/2022
Aphasia Support in Kingston
Community Foundation for Surrey - Challenge Programme
£5,148 25/01/2022
11
Funding towards the salary cost of a Co-ordinator role for a charity that supports people with aphasia.
National Lottery Community Fund - Aphasia Support - Transitioning back
£9,625 11/06/2021
This project will support a return to face-to-face services with some online support services for people with Aphasia. Aphasia is a severe and complex language disorder acquired often after a Stroke. It will pilot mixing face-to-face delivery and ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Dyscover
£7,000 08/06/2021
purchase IT hardware equipment for a charity supporting people with aphasia in Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£8,100 03/09/2020
6
Funding for 6 months of an Administrators salary to enable a charity supporting people with aphasia to be supported using remote services
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£8,100 03/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,660 24/07/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Dyscover Ltd
£5,250 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £5,250, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisations current grant.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - People with Disabilities
£5,000 01/04/2020
Funding toward online classes for people who have survived strokes, led by a Speech and Language Therapist by a charity based in Cranleigh, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning to Live with Aphasia
£9,838 11/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver courses led by Speech and Language Therapists for adults who have recently become Aphasic and been discharged from acute and community NHS care and treatment. The project aims to support their long term recovery, ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Dyscover Ltd
£42,600 11/06/2019
24
£42,600 over two further years (£21,000,£21,600) towards the salary costs of Speech and LanguageTherapists and assistants and on costs of a program of support services for people with aphasia and their families in Kingston-upon-Thames.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Aphasia Ambassador Group (AAG)
£3,800 29/01/2019
11
Aphasia Ambassador Group Coordinator.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 18/12/2018
Dyscover Core Services
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Dyscover Ltd
£14,500 12/09/2018
24
towards two years' salary of a part-time Volunteer Coordinator at an organisation in Surrey that provides support services for stroke survivors with Aphasia
London Catalyst - Dyscover - 3
£3,000 09/05/2018
Conversation and Support for Seniors
National Lottery Community Fund - Special Interest Activities (SIA)
£9,985 03/05/2018
12
The project will support people with Aphasia by providing a variety of activities to increase social opportunities and support, and reduce issues such as isolation and depression.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Conversation and Support for older people with aphasia
£8,000 06/04/2017
12
Pilot project - conversation and support for older people with aphasia.
London Catalyst - Dyscover - 2
£3,000 15/06/2016
Provide a structured programme of support and information to people with progressive aphasia and their carers in a small group setting
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Dyscover Ltd
£40,100 16/03/2016
36
£40,100 over 3 years (£6,650; £13,100; £20,350) towards the salary costs of Speech and Language Therapists and assistants and oncosts of a program of support services for people with asphasia and their families in Kingston-upon-Thames.
London Catalyst - Dyscover - 1
£3,000 17/11/2015
Expansion of outreach service to LB Kingston people suffering from aphasia and unable to attend Walton on the Hill centre
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Dyscover Ltd
£14,700 16/03/2015
36
towards three years' salary of a part-time Volunteer Coordinator at an organisation in the South-East that provides support services for stroke survivors with Aphasia
National Lottery Community Fund - ASOSS (Aphasia Surrey One Stop Shop)
£208,538 15/02/2012
60
This new project for Eastbourne-based Dyscover aims to develop a more flexible and responsive post-hospital treatment for stroke survivors and other aphasic people in London and the South East, while improving their social participation. The NHS ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 51-76
  • ACHIM HERBERT VOGT Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired
  • ALISON LAMBERT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Marketing Consultant
  • BARRY NEIL MCILLROY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director/Quantity Survey
  • ROGER HOWARD DOUGLAS YOUNG (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Fcca
  • ROSABELLE MARY DENNIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • STUART RONALD KNEE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • VANESSA JANE WARD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/09/2003, number: 1099432
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/06/2003, number: 04814618
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
  • 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; all on time
Main office

DYSCOVER LIMITED
LEATHERHEAD COURT
WOODLANDS ROAD
LEATHERHEAD
SURREY
KT22 0BN

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE DYSPHASIC. 2. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DYSPHASIC IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SURREY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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