Finance Score: -11

Governance Score: -11

Support Score: 6

Accounts overdue -5
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

2 Trustees: -2
Very static board: -5
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: -16

BRISTOL DISABILITY EQUALITY FORUM

A Disabled people-led organisation that improves Disabled & older people's lives, we: raise awareness of disability equality & issues;provide information & signposting;promote good practice;lobby/campaign on a wide range of issues they face;ensure they're consulted on all that affects them;provide advice/training/consultancy;provide opportunities to hold decision-makers to account.

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Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 2 trustees
The Board is completely male
The Board composition appears to be very 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
Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
31/03/22	*	£59	£111	£-52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/21	*	£133	£76	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/20	*	£76	£64	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
31/03/19		£33	£48	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/18		£60	£51	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	1
31/03/17	*	£55	£50	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£61	£51	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£53	£47	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£54	£52	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£54	£52	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

www.bristoldef.org.uk

bristoldef@gmail.com

01179140528

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bristol City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
15 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 Heritage Fund	£88,600
DCMS	£30,000
Disability Action	£16,745
Quartet Community Foundation	£2,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Climate Action
£2,500	15/07/2021 11	A contribution toward the cost of additional work that expands on the group's existing work creating a climate action plan for the disabled community in Bristol.
Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
£16,745	01/11/2020	The project will provide a range of information sharing and social activities and ensure that disabled peoples voices ad experiences are represented.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,000	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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Bristol Disability Equality Forum
£88,600	08/10/2019	Forging Our Future: Resistance, Change and Leadership in Bristol’s Disability Movement
People's Health Trust - Making Change Happen (MCH)
£49,959	10/05/2018	This two-year project builds on existing work by the Bristol Disability Equality Forum to develop peer-support group sessions for disabled people in the city. Group meetings run by disabled staff, ....more This two-year project builds on existing work by the Bristol Disability Equality Forum to develop peer-support group sessions for disabled people in the city. Group meetings run by disabled staff, volunteers and participants offer the chance to socialise and explore barriers experienced, share information, support each other with coping skills and strategies; learn about rights and advocacy skills and how to utilise them to Make Change Happen. The project also funds a worker to support the groups and individual participants to take issues that arise at group meetings forward.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DAVID REDGEWELL Appointed: 2014

GORDON RICHARDSON (Chair) Appointed: 2013

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/03/2012, number: 1146576

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR22: 76 days late, AR21: 441 days late, AR20: 806 days late, AR17: 29 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR14: 186 days late,

Main office

St. Pauls Learning Centre
94 Grosvenor Road
BRISTOL
BS2 8XJ

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE AND UNPAID ASSISTANTS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, RESIDENT IN BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INDEPENDENCE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND TRAINING.

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