Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY 

WORKING TOWARDS FACILITATING A FULLY INCLUSIVE SOCIETY THROUGH EMPOWERING DISABLED PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE, CHOICE AND CONTROL. WE ARE RUN BY AND FOR DISABLED PEOPLE, DELIVERING INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO PROVIDE DISABLED CHILDREN, ADULTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS WITH EQUAL LIFE CHANCES AND OPPORTUNITIES. WE CHALLENGE INEQUALITY AND PROMOTE EXAMPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE.
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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 13 years

www.disabilitycornwall.org.uk

info@disabilitycornwall.org.uk

01736756655

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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£2,511£2,828£-318£0£1,180£5982.5832
31/03/22£2,123£1,649£474£13£841£3582.65250
31/03/21£809£705£104£9£367£3155.42550
31/03/20£650£691£-41£7£263£2514.42120
31/03/19£523£542£-19£1£304£2756.11418
31/03/18£598£582£16£0£323£2715.6140
31/03/17£530£529£0£0£279£2345.3140
31/03/16£577£572£5£0£279£2204.6190
31/03/15£541£461£80£4£274£2045.3130
31/03/14£554£456£99£8£194£1463.8120
31/03/13£445£449£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£383£403£-21£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 76%
Liabilities/Income: 149%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 51%
Reserves/Spending: 2.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 83 employees
  • 2 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Isles Of Scilly,

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
DCMS£61,121
Garfield Weston Foundation£60,000
National Lottery Community Fund£46,900
Cornwall Community Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 30/09/2022
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 22/04/2022
disAbility Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Core Funding
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 02/06/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
£4,356 01/11/2020
The project will increase capacity of the group to enable them to reach more service users with a wide range of support.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£61,121 05/10/2020
"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 ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Disability Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
£6,835 23/07/2020
Grant to Disability Cornwall & Isles of Scilly meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Cornwall Community Foundation - In response to Covid 19
£2,500 29/06/2020
1
To continue to provide a community kitchen with delivery.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Disability Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
£3,800 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund staffing and sports equipment costs for disabled children and young people isolated at home due to Covid-19. Children and young people will feel less isolated.
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring for our Community during Covid-19
£46,900 11/06/2020
6
The funding will be used to provide significant additional capacity to the project's phone support lines which have seen an increase in demand due to Covid-19. The project works to represent include ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 07/05/2020
Contribution to core costs of Cornwall's disabled people's user led organisation
Cornwall Community Foundation - Community Kitchen in response to Covid 19
£5,000 24/04/2020
2
To continue to provide a community kitchen with delivery.
CAF - Grant to disAbility Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
£8,200 17/04/2020
3
Grant to disAbility Cornwall & Isles of Scilly to support the organisation through COVID19
Cornwall Community Foundation - Community Kitchen in response to Covid 19
£2,500 26/03/2020
4
To establish and provide a community kitchen with delivery.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Disability Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
£28,758 15/03/2019
36
This project will provide sport based activity sessions for disabled children and young people. Through taking part in the activities it will help to reduce isolation and increase physical activity ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,015 18/12/2018
The Big Give 2018
Sport England - LD Active Cornwall
£9,950 09/10/2018
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled LD Active Cornwall. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 18/04/2018
Supporting vulnerable people in Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
£9,296 01/04/2018
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
National Lottery Community Fund - Every Customer Counts Cornwall
£9,700 07/02/2018
12
The funding will be used by a charity to engage with local businesses to improve access to buildings and facilities for people who have disabilities. The project aims to highlight issues surrounding ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Disability Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
£72,300 05/01/2018
36
Support is requested for the 'Trek West' project across Cornwall. This will help 75 severely disabled and long term unemployed people to receive individual and group training. The project will ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
£64,988 01/04/2017
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Disability Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
£88,000 09/06/2016
36
towards three years' salary of the Triage Adviser at a project providing a Disability Information and Advice Line service for disabled people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Disability Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
£72,300 12/11/2014
Support is requested for the 'Trek West' project across Cornwall. This will help 75 severely disabled and long term unemployed people to receive individual and group training. The project will ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Disability Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
£51,300 13/06/2012
36
towards three years' salary of the DIAL manager of a service supporting disabled people in Cornwall
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Disability Cornwall & Isles of Scilly
£25,000 25/08/2011
the salary and on costs of a part time On Line Services Administrator to develop and maintain the organisation's web based services plus direct expenditure, additional staff costs, accommodation and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-82
  • PETE SKEA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Unemployed
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/03/2011, number: 1140925
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/11/2010, number: 07436153
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

DISABILITY CORNWALL
UNIT 1G
GUILDFORD ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
HAYLE
TR27 4QZ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND PROMOTE THE FULL INCLUSION OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN CORNWALL, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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