Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

NEW FOREST DISABILITY INFORMATION SERVICE 

Providing free, impartial, confidential disability related information, advice and guidance for people with disabilities, their families, carers, professionals and any other interested party throughout the New Forest and surrounding area.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 gender

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: 20 years

www.newforestdis.org.uk

info@newforestdis.org.uk

01425628750

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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*£190£185£5n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/22£151£155£-3n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/21£133£135£-2n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/20£149£101£48n/an/an/an/an/a22
31/03/19£153£108£45n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£89£85£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£88£79£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£75£79£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£74£75£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£74£76£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£62£71£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£55£61£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£76£62£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£61£57£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£59£34£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£37£18£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£2£9£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£74£81£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£84£65£18£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
Who works here?
  • 18 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Hampshire,

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£373,158
Henry Smith Charity£23,000
Access to Justice Foundation£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Setting up a Carers Support Hub; promoting carers mental health and well-being
£10,000 28/03/2023
This project will support carers with the creation of a Carers Support Hub. The project aims to improve people's wellbeing and bring people together.
National Lottery Community Fund - Disability Benefits Advice & Advocacy
£363,158 20/10/2022
This funding will support New Forest Disability Information Service to deliver advice and advocacy support to disabled people in the New Forest area through direct client support. The project's ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to New Forest Disability Information Service
£10,000 09/06/2021
12
towards one year's salary of a Senior Welfare Benefits Advisor supporting isolated people with disabilities and their families throughout the New Forest.
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£20,000 16/07/2020
A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to New Forest Disability Information Service
£13,000 12/06/2019
24
towards two years' salary for a Senior Welfare Benefits Advisor supporting isolated disabled people and their families in the New Forest
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to New Forest Disability Information Service
£9,950 08/06/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing an outreach service to isolated disabled people and their families in and around the New Forest
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to New Forest Disability Information Service
£9,500 03/12/2015
towards one year's running costs of a project providing an Outreach Service to isolated disabled people and their families in Hampshire
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to New Forest Disability Information Service
£3,500 05/12/2012
towards one year's recruitment and training costs of an information service in Hampshire for people with disabilities
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to New Forest Disability Information Service
£24,900 25/08/2011
the salary costs of the Outreach Worker including on costs, line management, travel, advertising, printing, copying, insurance and telephone costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-81
  • PAM LACEY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • REG ODBERT (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Aviation Medical Examiner For Civil Aviation Autho
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/06/2004, number: 1104589
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/05/2004, number: 05124781
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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; AR23: 37 days late, AR08: 109 days late,
Main office

NEW FOREST DISABILITY INFORMATION S
6 OSBORNE ROAD
NEW MILTON
BH25 6AD

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES LIVING IN THE NEW FOREST AND SURROUNDING AREA SO THAT THEY MAY LEAD ACTIVE AND FULFILLING LIVES INTEGRATED IN SOCIETY

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE NEW FOREST AND SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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