Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

BATH GATEWAY OUT & ABOUT 

OUR CLUB PROVIDES SOCIAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS AND OVER WHO EITHER HAVE A LEARNING DISABILITY,ARE DISABLED,OR BOTH. ACTIVITIES ARE UNDERTAKEN OUT & ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND ENABLE OUR MEMBERS TO TAKE PART IN A RANGE OF AGE APPROPRIATE EXPERIENCES HELPING THEM WITH THEIR LIFE SKILLS, RAISING THEIR SELF ESTEEM, BUILDING THEIR CONFIDENCE AND DEVELOPING THEIR FRIENDSHIPS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/07/23£57£52£5n/an/an/an/an/a16
31/07/22£82£49£33n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/07/21£45£38£7n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/07/20£53£45£8n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/07/19?£33£45£-12n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/08/18£34£33£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£34£37£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/16£26£42£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/15£57£38£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/14£46£19£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/13£15£12£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£7£5£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/11£16£9£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.bathgatewayoutandabout.co.uk

bathoutandabout@gmail.com

07999 403721

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 services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 16 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£33,303
Quartet Community Foundation£23,692
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£4,780
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bath Gateway Out & About
£5,000 31/03/2023
For running costs for a year for this twice-weekly club for people with learning difficulties.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bath Gateway Out & About
£3,000 21/03/2023
To enable 13 individuals with learning difficulties to attend a club that provides health and well-being activities for one year.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bath Gateway Out & About
£1,800 19/08/2022
Towards staff costs and other expenses to allow the group to introduce more activities to help members to reduce isolation and loneliness.
National Lottery Community Fund - Ongoing Core Running Costs
£10,000 14/04/2022
This project will support adults with a wide range of learning and physical disabilities by providing social and leisure activities. Funding for the group will go towards staff costs.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 16/09/2021
towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months as the club returns to face-to-face activity (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Quartet Community Foundation - Back to the New Normal
£5,000 04/08/2021
3
To organise and re-introduce face-to-face activities into the weekly club nights for adults with learning disabilities after the end of lockdown.
Quartet Community Foundation - Bouncing Back
£1,392 06/07/2021
For a post COVID party to welcome the group's members with learning disabilities back into their old routine.
Quartet Community Foundation - Get Back Out & Active
£1,000 25/06/2021
Towards staff costs and activity expenses to allow the group to re-introduce physical and sporting activities into the club nights after lockdown ends.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bouncing Back
£6,693 22/10/2020
6
This project will be a carefully structured series of Zoom events to support members who are adults with learning disabilities through lockdown and enforced isolation. The Club Leader and volunteers ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bath Gateway Out & About
£4,780 01/05/2020
COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with adults with learning difficulties in Somerset
National Lottery Community Fund - Together From Home
£6,610 24/04/2020
1
The organisation will provide the equipment and resources to support adults with learning disabilities and their families by providing activities support and community engagement sessions on an ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Our Summer Out & About: For Adults with Learning Disabilities
£1,500 10/03/2020
5
Bringing adults with learning disabilities together to get out and about in their community over the summer season, engaging in a various activities and building their own sustainable social network
Quartet Community Foundation - Third weekly club start-up
£5,000 18/07/2019
10
For social and leisure activities for people with learning disabilities in the Bath area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Core Running Costs
£10,000 18/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to contribute towards the salary of a development officer. The project aims to ensure the charity runs effectively and maintains its capacity.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/05/2010, number: 1135771
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
13 returns made; all on time
Main office

44 BROOKFIELD PARK
BATH
BA1 4JQ

Objectives

(A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THEPROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES,DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF LEARNING DISABILITIES AND TO ADVANCE INDEPENDENCE AMONGST PERSONS WITH ALEARNING DISABILITY; AND(B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OROTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BYREASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIRCONDITIONS OF LIFE.LEARNING DISABILITY MEANS ANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY OF THE MINDAND ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITION HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER MILD,MODERATE OR SEVERE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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