Overall GiG Score: 6 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 12
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

SIBS-FOR BROTHERS AND SISTERS 

Sibs is the UK charity for people who grow up with a disabled brother or sister. Sibs provides direct information and support to child and adult siblings Sibs educates parents and professionals on supporting siblingsSibs influences service providers and government to develop policies and services for siblingsSibs raises awareness of sibling issues through media and research
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 12 years

www.sibs.org.uk

info@sibs.org.uk

01535645453

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UN SDGs
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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£179£171£8n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/22£131£159£-28n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/03/21£146£123£23n/an/an/an/an/a24
31/03/20£169£126£43n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£108£130£-22n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/18£166£136£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£64£120£-56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£157£103£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£109£79£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£72£109£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£182£134£48£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 60 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
True Colours Trust£399,042
Pears Foundation£40,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,750
DCMS£9,465
Co-Operative Group£2,036
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
True Colours Trust - Towards the charity’s work with young siblings
£193,523 03/10/2023
Towards the charity’s work with young siblings.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Patchwork Studios CIC
£2,036 22/10/2022
We aim to improve the quality of lives through music, art and creativity.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000 07/10/2022
Sibling Support Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Sibling support project
£9,750 23/09/2022
The funding will be used to run support groups for young and adult siblings of people who are living with disabilities as well as train adult siblings to run groups and develop a database of support ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to Sibs
£40,000 08/03/2021
Core Funding
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 29/01/2021
Support for siblings of disabled children and adults
True Colours Trust - Towards the CEO’s salary, young siblings’ work and core costs
£181,169 06/10/2020
Towards the CEO’s salary, young siblings’ work and core costs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,465 29/06/2020
"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
True Colours Trust - Towards core costs
£24,350 07/01/2020
Towards core costs
True Colours Trust - Upgrade of the organisation's IT infrastructure
£3,845 26/03/2019
Upgrade of the organisation's IT infrastructure
Pears Foundation - Grant to Sibs
£40,000 11/03/2019
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Core funding
True Colours Trust - Towards salary, office costs and website costs
£150,000 21/03/2016
Towards salary, office costs and website costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-63
  • SABA SALMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Journalist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/12/2011, number: 1145200
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/11/2011, number: 07834303
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

26 Mallard View
Oxenhope
Keighley
BD22 9JZ

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS EXPERIENCED BY PEOPLE WHO GROW UP WITH A BROTHER OR SISTER WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OR DISABILITY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS SIBLINGS) WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONAL WORKERS, POLICY MAKERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTO THE NEEDS OF SIBLINGS.3. THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND MODELS OF GOOD PRACTICE IN SIBLING SUPPORT AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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