Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 12
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

RUILS

Ruils is a user-led charity that supports disabled children and adults to live independently & be part of their community. We deliver a range of holistic, outcome-focused services that aim to remove barriers to living an independent life including information, advice, advocacy, befriending, Direct Payments support, Social Prescribing and inclusive community activities.
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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£1,569£1,546£23£45£236£2051.64690
31/03/22£1,410£1,406£4£34£212£1901.644130
31/03/21£1,288£1,216£72£21£208£1751.735140
31/03/20£675£645£30£6£136£1041.92049
31/03/19£526£526£0£12£106£942.21628
31/03/18£426£430£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£398£402£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£338£360£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£347£348£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£247£225£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£387£356£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£374£362£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£384£393£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£347£315£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 59%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 16 years

www.ruils.co.uk

info@ruils.co.uk

02088316083

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
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
  • Hammersmith And Fulham, Hounslow, Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
City Bridge Trust£275,281
National Lottery Community Fund£154,309
Trust for London£101,540
BBC Children in Need£95,015
Richmond Parish Lands Charity£69,401
London Borough of Hounslow£19,994
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Ruils
£111,800 12/05/2024
£111,800 over two further and final years (£55,200; £56,600) towards the salary of a part-time Transition Worker (28hpw), staff costs for management and administration and other associated costs to continue deliver Bright Futures in Richmond.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Ruils
£9,172 01/12/2022
Family Matters an outcome-focused support service for the families of disabled children and young people in Hounslow.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ruils
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Trust for London - RUILS
£7,140 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-SVRR-2021-9025
Richmond Parish Lands Charity - To Ruils Independent Living
£14,586 01/09/2022
12
Proportional contribution to SEND advice service.
National Lottery Community Fund - FriendBee
£144,775 18/03/2022
The project is using funding for a befriending service for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) in Richmond and Kingston. The project enables children and young people to get out and about practise their ....more
Richmond Parish Lands Charity - To Ruils Independent Living
£54,815 01/03/2022
36
Contribution to Family Matters project, supporting parents of disabled children with one-to-one advice, workshops and a peer network.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ruils
£94,515 03/02/2022
This project will deliver support for 700 disabled children aged 5-18 in Hounslow, Richmond and Kingston and support them to improve social and practical skills, participate fully in their lives and increase confidence.
Trust for London - RUILS
£94,400 13/10/2021
24
The funding is for the continuation of the very successful Pathways service, launched in 2019. The service provides information, advice and advocacy on benefits, housing and social care to clients with complex and multifaceted needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Ruils Counselling Service
£9,534 16/07/2021
The funding will be used to expand counselling capacity supporting people living with disabilities and those living with long-term health and mental health conditions across the Borough of Richmond. The project aims to decrease anxiety isolation and ....more
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Ruils
£10,822 08/07/2021
12
Family Matters is an outcome-focused support service for the families of disabled children and young people.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Ruils
£136,500 26/03/2021
36
£136,300 over 3 years (£46,400; £44,400; £45,500) towards the salary of a part-time Transition Worker (28hpw), staff costs for management and administration (14hpw) and other associated costs to deliver Bright Futures in Richmond.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Ruils
£14,257 13/08/2020
towards the costs outlined in your application supporting the mental health and wellbeing of local disabled and isolated people in Richmond
Comic Relief - Ruils Recovery Funding
£7,594 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
CAF - Grant to Ruils
£9,794 15/06/2020
3
Grant to Ruils to support the organisation through COVID19
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£6,218 20/05/2020
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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Ruils
£9,724 15/05/2020
A grant of £9,724 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Ruils
£3,000 12/05/2020
A grant of £3,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Department for Education - Parent Carer Participation grant
£14,950 01/04/2020
To fund 152 Parent Carer Forums to represent and support their local area's SEND parents, carers and families.
Comic Relief - Sitting & Befriending website
£29,815 03/07/2019
9
Ruils will transform its highly successful Sitting & Befriending service, which matches trained befrienders to disabled children in South-West London. It is currently admin heavy and based in office hours, limiting the number of children they ....more
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£76,597 01/10/2018
Family Matters Hounslow To enable and empower families to help their children reach their potential by providing a time-limited, intensive family intervention. Involving workshops for parents focused on critical issues e.g. ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Ruils
£106,507 17/10/2017
36
Befriending service for 70 disabled 0-18 year olds from Richmond and Kingston. Befrienders will enable children to access leisure activities increasing their social skills and independence, raising aspirations and independent choice abilities.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-74
  • AMANDA JAYNE WINTERBURN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • AMBER MARIE DEBENHAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • ANGELA MARY HARRISON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Unemployed
  • BRYONY METEYARD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
  • BRIDGET MARY MOLLOY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
  • DEBORAH BLOUD Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Retired Midwife
  • DAVID BRAHM PRASHER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Tech Consultant
  • GARETH ANDREW BUBBINS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • GEMMA TAYLOR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Strategic Communications Specialist
  • JANE MARY GETLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Project Manager
  • PATTY LLOYD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retiree Volunteer
  • SIAN ELIZABETH BATES MBE Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/02/2009, number: 1127896
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/08/2008, number: 06682677
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
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

DISABILITY ACTION & ADVICE CENTRE
4 WALDEGRAVE ROAD
TEDDINGTON
TW11 8HT

Objectives

TO ALLEVIATE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE, BUT ALSO OTHERS IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE WHO LIVE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND AND ELSEWHERE TO LIVE INDEPENDENT, EQUAL AND INCLUSIVE LIVES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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