Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

DASH - DISCOVERING AUTISTIC SPECTRUM HAPPINESS

Individual advocacy; information and advice; weekly support group; weekly social group; volunteering opportunities; individual career advice & guidance - for adults with Aspergers Syndrome living in Swindon; signposting for support for parents & carers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

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£53£53£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£39£40£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£65£42£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£42£59£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£63£50£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£42£39£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£32£29£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£30£36£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£56£42£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£12£29£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£26£10£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£8£10£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£13£9£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£12£19£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£21£18£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£17£7£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.dashswindon.com

contactdashswindon@gmail.com

07554665715

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Swindon,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£115,000
Wiltshire Community Foundation£48,528
Postcode Local Trust£13,000
DCMS£9,866
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Local Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£13,000 29/09/2023
Funding enabled advice, support and coping strategies for autistic adults so they can lead happier, healthier, more equal lives
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to DASH
£14,999 28/09/2022
DASH provides support/social groups, information and advice for children & adults on the Autistic Spectrum and their families. Funding is towards a Volunteer Coordinator to enable DASH to grow its services.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Autism in a post Covid environment
£2,700 08/12/2021
DASH provides support/social groups, information and advice for children & adults on the Autistic Spectrum and their families. Funding is towards a pilot event in Haydon Wick to promote the services and support available for people with AS in ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Autism Matters continuation
£115,000 27/05/2021
The organisation will use the funding over 3 years to continue their Autism Matters Project which aims to provide appropriate information advice and support services for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,866 02/10/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to DASH
£20,829 08/09/2020
8
to help with the costs of providing an online service to people in Swindon who have autism or Asperger's
Wiltshire Community Foundation - DASH Social Groups
£10,000 23/01/2020
DASH improves the quality of life for adults with Aspergers and other autistic spectrum conditions in Swindon by raising awareness, providing information and advice, and running support groups. The grant will help pay for 6 social groups
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Aspect
£2,700 19/09/2018
DASH improves the quality of life for adults with Aspergers and other Autistic Spectrum conditions in Swindon by raising awareness, providing information and advice, and running peer support groups. Funding will meet the costs of specialist ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Match Funding re Employee Fundraising
£13,228 02/05/2018
Match Funding re Employee Fundraising
Wiltshire Community Foundation - DASH Social Groups
£10,000 24/01/2018
DASH improves the quality of life for adults with Aspergers and other Autistic Spectrum conditions in Swindon by raising awareness, providing information and advice, and running peer support groups. Funding will help pay for 5 social groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Autism Matters
£89,433 09/08/2017
36
Following a successful pilot, this project will provide a support and advice service for anyone on the autistic spectrum, and their families. The service will offer a mixture of appointment and drop in services offering support in many areas ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to DASH
£10,000 15/03/2017
24
DASH is an independent local charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life of adults of working age with Aspergers and other high functioning Autistic Spectrum conditions living in Swindon. Funding was to support the staffing costs of ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to DASH
£4,850 13/07/2016
12
DASH is an independent local charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life of adults of working age with Aspergers and other high functioning Autistic Spectrum conditions living in Swindon. Funding was to support a one year pilot project ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to DASH
£3,000 19/10/2015
12
DASH is an independent local charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life of adults of working age with Aspergers and other high functioning Autistic Spectrum conditions living in Swindon. The grant supported employment of staff to ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to DASH
£5,000 03/08/2015
12
DASH is an independent local charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life of adults of working age with Aspergers and other high functioning Autistic Spectrum conditions living in Swindon. The grant supported on-going core costs of ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DAVID AHERN Appointed: 2017
  • MARTIN CHARLES STYLES Appointed: 2022
  • NINA CZAJKOWSKI Appointed: 2022
  • SALLY GRUBB Appointed: 2014
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/11/2006, number: 1116852
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
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; all on time
Main office

Midway
New Road
Purton
Swindon
SN5 4HF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL HEALTH ADULTS OF WORKING AGE WITH ASPERGERS SYNDROME AND OTHER AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT, WHO LIVE IN SWINDON BOROUGH,

Defined Area of Benefit:

SWINDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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