Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 7
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

    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
    • 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

    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
    Established: 13 years

    www.disabilitysolutions.org.uk

    general@disability-solutions.net

    01782667326

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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*£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/a44
    31/03/19£399£436£-37n/an/an/an/an/a47
    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£-47£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£500£453£47£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£396£421£-26£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£290£351£-61£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£281£280£1£0£0£0n/a00

    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 ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    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 works here?
    • 20 employees
    • 25 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£688,236
    Henry Smith Charity£174,200
    Garfield Weston Foundation£17,500
    Disability Action£5,576
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    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 ....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 ....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 ....more
    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 ....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 ....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 ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (6)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 62-85
    • SARAH IVAN-DUKE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Partner In Training Consultancy
    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
    CharityBase
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