Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 15

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 21

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE DISABILITY SERVICE

Buckinghamshire Disability Services (BuDS) is an independent charity which aims to boost independence, accessibility and inclusion by fixing the big issues for all disabled people. Primarily run by disabled people for disabled people, we speak up in defence of their interests and use our experience, specialist knowledge and a collaborative approach to find answers and remove barriers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£99	£97	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	117
31/03/22		£83	£133	£-50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	170
31/03/21		£134	£64	£69	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/20		£13	£9	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
31/03/19	*	£9	£4	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£5	£6	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£3	£11	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£18	£7	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£5	£8	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£13	£11	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£6	£19	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12?		£5	£27	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/10		£1	£40	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/09	*	£60	£48	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/08	*	£30	£6	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/07		£6	£0	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/06		£5	£7	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05		£12	£13	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/04		£8	£3	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

www.buds.org.uk

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01494211179

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Buckinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
117 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	£168,600
Rothschild Foundation	£96,000
BBC Children in Need	£41,210
DCMS	£36,176
Co-Operative Group	£2,988

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Fair4All Card
£158,600	26/05/2023	This funding will support disabled people in Buckinghamshire with access to shops and services helping them feel more confident accessing the shops businesses and services through the Fair4All card.
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Buckinghamshire Disability Services (BUDS)
£10,000	21/11/2022	Cost of living supplementary grant
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to Buckinghamshire Disability Services (BUDS)
£86,000	08/07/2022	We are requesting funding for our new Transitions Service for disabled children and young people in Bucks.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Covid-19 Project
£10,000	16/07/2021	The funding will be used to continue supporting people living with disabilities by providing information advice and guidance. The project aims to improve mental health wellbeing and access to ....more The funding will be used to continue supporting people living with disabilities by providing information advice and guidance. The project aims to improve mental health wellbeing and access to practical support. The organisation will also use the funding to continue providing accurate Covid-19 information as new variants emerge and guidance continues to change.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£36,176	05/08/2020	"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."
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Buckinghamshire Disability Services (BuDS)
£41,210	29/07/2020	Covid19 - This project will deliver an employability programme to disabled young people in Buckinghamshire, who have experienced anxiety due to Covid-19. It will increase their employment chances, ....more Covid19 - This project will deliver an employability programme to disabled young people in Buckinghamshire, who have experienced anxiety due to Covid-19. It will increase their employment chances, improve workplace skills and access to flexible work.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Buckinghamshire Disability Service (BuDS)
£2,988	15/11/2019	We want to make South Bucks more accessible and inclusive for local people with all types of disabilities.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

EMILY CLARK Appointed: 2023

FELICITY AMSWYCH Appointed: 2024

MICHAEL ANDERSON Appointed: 2019

ROBERTA SILVA Appointed: 2021

SUSAN SANSOM Appointed: 2018

ANDREW CLARK (Chair), Other trusteeship: ACTON SCOTT HERITAGE FARM,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/03/2004, number: 1102511

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
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

19 returns made; AR19: 4 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR09: 107 days late, AR08: 86 days late,

Main office

BP Collins Llp
Sterling House
20 Station Road
GERRARDS CROSS
Buckinghamshire
SL9 8EL

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES, AND CARERS, PRINCIPALLY WITHIN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE EXCLUDING MILTON KEYNES (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY; (I) PROVIDING EDUCATION SERVICES, AND (II) PROVIDING ADVISORY AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRINCIPALLY WITHIN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE EXCLUDING MILTON KEYNES.

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