Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

DISABILITY SHEFFIELD CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING LIMITED 

We work in partnership with disabled people to:- Promote inclusive living- Campaign for equality and control- Co-produce solutions to the barriers disabled people faceWe achieve our aims by:- Campaigning for change - Supporting empowered networks of disabled people and disabled people's organisations- Developing and delivering services which promote inclusive living
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 age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 18 years
(21 years as a company)

www.disabilitysheffield.org.uk

info@disabilitysheffield.org.uk

01142536750

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£556£579£-22£0£206£1483.12320
31/03/22£569£522£47£0£228£1543.51730
31/03/21£445£386£59n/an/an/an/an/a33
31/03/20£335£341£-7n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/19£342£354£-12n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£339£338£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£232£239£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£222£234£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£197£251£-53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£309£234£75£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13?£120£119£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£166£155£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£186£191£-5£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£220£224£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£194£133£61£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£152£120£31£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£103£97£6£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 26%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 72%
Reserves/Spending: 3.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sheffield City,

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£413,441
Sport England£63,767
The Clothworkers Foundation£8,400
The MSE Charity£6,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living
£8,400 09/10/2023
Upgrading of website for a charity which works with people with disabilities in Sheffield
The MSE Charity - Grant to Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living Ltd
£6,000 15/04/2022
Funding Money Talks - a series of interactive money information and support sessions that can be delivered at day services attended by people with a learning disability and/or Autism in Sheffield.
Sport England - New trike for trike loan scheme and spares for park cycling
£4,998 22/07/2021
17
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled New trike for trike loan scheme and spares for park cycling. This project is a Cycling ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 Return to Play
£49,000 22/01/2021
3
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled COVID-19 Return to Play. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on ....more
Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
£4,777 01/11/2020
The project will provide a range of online training for volunteers and online groups for people with learning disabilities and or autism
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,084 23/06/2020
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 ....more
Sport England - Sheffield Cycling 4 All
£9,769 20/02/2020
36
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Sheffield Cycling 4 All. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Disability Confidence
£10,000 23/10/2019
12
Building Disability Confidence
National Lottery Community Fund - Sheffield Cycling for All
£403,441 20/06/2019
60
The funding will provide a number of adapted bicycles, qualified teaching and weekly sessional activities for children with disabilities in Sheffield. The aim is to make cycling inclusive and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Web-based PA Register
£10,000 01/07/2015
12
The organisation will use the funding to develop an online register for people with disabilities to search for and hire their own personal assistants. This will provide an accessible and independent ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Disability Sheffield Centre for Independent Living
£25,000 29/04/2014
This charity provides support for people with disabilities and works with statutory agencies to improve services. They will use a grant to help fund their core costs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-81
  • DIE GREEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/01/2006, number: 1112712
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/01/2003, number: 04639160
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
  • 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
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE CIRCLE
33 ROCKINGHAM LANE
SHEFFIELD
S1 4FW

Objectives

THE OBJECTS BEING PARTICULARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARTICIPANTS (AS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 3.1 OF THE MEMORANDUM) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE:A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE SKILLS FOR PARTICIPANTS, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY; ANDB) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY OF DIVERSITY BY PROVIDING, OR ENCOURAGING IN THE PROVISION OF, SERVICES AIMED AT IMPROVING PARTICIPANTS CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND FACILITATING THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION IN SOCIETY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SHEFFIELD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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