Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 7
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

DISABILITY SOLUTIONS WEST MIDLANDS

Disability Solutions provides information, advice and support to people with disabilities, their families and carers.We operate across all disabilities and ages.The range of services covers benefits,finance, equipment advice, personal health budgets and personalisation, mobility and access advice, holidays and leisure activities, consultation and representation, other health related issues.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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*£579£631£-52£9£353£951.82025
31/03/22£682£568£113£8£405£611.32115
31/03/21£622£490£132£6£291£842.12032
31/03/20£467£408£58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£399£436£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£512£496£16£6£137£1112.7170
31/03/17£565£497£68£6£122£0-0170
31/03/16£384£431£-47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£500£453£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£396£421£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£290£351£-61n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£281£280£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 54.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 27%
Reserves/Spending: 1.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 16.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years

www.disabilitysolutions.org.uk

general@disability-solutions.net

01782667326

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Amusement and recreation services, incl holidays
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City, Telford & Wrekin, Walsall, Wolverhampton,
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
National Lottery Community Fund£382,525
Garfield Weston Foundation£17,500
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
Disability Action£5,576
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Disability Solutions West Midlands
£4,780 07/06/2023
The funding is for the provision of information, advice, guidance and emotional support for people with disabilities and life effecting health conditions, their families and carers
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Disability Solutions West Midlands
£10,000 09/05/2023
0
Purchase of desktop office computers for a charity which works with people with disabilities in West Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - Disability Connect+
£352,710 30/09/2022
The funding will help provide intensive and personalised support for people with disabilities and life-limiting illnesses in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. Building on the work of the charity's previous project the overarching aim is to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Safe Well and Supported
£10,000 23/03/2022
The funding will be used to support hard to reach people with disabilities life limiting illnesses mental ill health and older people with acute health issues. The support services provided will reduce financial hardship improve mental and physical ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Disability Solutions West Midlands - 08/04/21
£1,000 21/04/2021
Core Funding
Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
£5,576 01/11/2020
The project will be used to Purchase and loan of ipads to enable increased digital inclusion and employ a co-ordinator
CAF - Grant to Disability Solutions West Midlands
£5,375 15/06/2020
3
Grant to Disability Solutions West Midlands to support the organisation through COVID19
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£17,500 29/05/2020
Disability Solutions West Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - Disability Solutions Covid 19 response
£10,000 07/05/2020
12
The funding will be used to distribute food and essential items to people living with disabilities. This will enable vulnerable members of the community at high risk from COVID-19 to receive help and support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Digital Bridge
£9,815 26/02/2020
11
The funding will be used to run an IT group to support people with long-term health conditions or disabilities. The project aims to enable people to develop the skills and self-confidence.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Disability Solutions (West Midlands)
£174,200 11/09/2019
36
towards three years' running costs of a benefits advocacy support service for disabled people in Stoke-on-Trent
National Lottery Community Fund - DisAbility Connect
£305,711 25/07/2019
36
This project will mobilise 40 volunteers to benefit 3,000 people living with disabilities and life- limiting health conditions within the city of Stoke-on-Trent. People with disabilities will work on a one-to-one basis with a Community Connect ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Volunteers with DisAbilities
£9,980 29/11/2018
12
This funding will be used to provide support to local people with disabilities and complex needs. The project aims to increase engagement and confidence, and decrease feelings of isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Rainbow Health
£9,990 25/04/2017
12
Training for healthcare professionals will be funded, to develop their awareness of issues impacting on the health of people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer community and the reasons why they may not engage with healthcare ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - One Roof
£354,305 11/02/2013
36
This is a new project that aims to help disabled people by widening opportunities for personal development, training, employment and volunteering. It will support the development of businesses run by disabled people; providing better support and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 72-86
  • ALICE DAIR Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • DOROTHY DUNKLEY Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Director
  • GEORGE ROBERT BELL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • SARAH IVAN-DUKE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Partner In Training Consultancy
  • SHEILA HEMMING Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2011, number: 1143929
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/12/2010, number: 07478199
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
12 returns made; AR23: 6 days late,
Main office

DISABILITY SOLUTIONS
THE NORTH STAFFS MEDICAL INSTITUTE
HARTSHILL ROAD
HARTSHILL
STOKE ON TRENT
ST4 7NY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE SUPPORT AND RELIEF OF DISABLED PERSONS OF ALL AGES BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS, IN PARTICULAR BY:- PROVIDING EDUCATION, ADVICE AND INFORMATION SERVICES AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE TO FACILITATE CHOICE AND INDEPENDENCE IN DAILY LIVING ACTIVITIES AND FULL PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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