Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE (EAST SUFFOLK) 

Advice, information and welfare benefit appeals representation to disabled people, their carers, friends, volunteers on: ? Welfare benefits? Advice and representation at welfare benefit appeal tribunals? Housing and homelessness? Holidays, clubs and leisure activities? Employment and learning? Aids and adaptations? Access and discrimination
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/12/23£356£286£71n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/12/22£345£269£76n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/12/21£211£161£50n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/12/20£221£150£71n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/12/19£165£154£11n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/12/18£178£155£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17?£52£72£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£97£99£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£99£99£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£87£88£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.daseastsuffolk.org

advice@daseastsuffolk.org

01394387070

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 12 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£336,392
Three Guineas Trust£75,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Suffolk Community Foundation£24,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
Henry Smith Charity£8,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Three Guineas Trust - Provision of free advice and advocacy on welfare benefits to disabled people and/or their carers.
£75,000 27/03/2024
Provision of free advice and advocacy on welfare benefits to disabled people and/or their carers.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Disability Advice Service (East Suffolk)
£10,000 14/09/2022
refurbishment of additional building space for a charity that works with people with disabilities in East Suffolk
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 24/06/2022
Relief for children and adults with disabilities and their carers
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Disability Advice Service (East Suffolk)
£8,000 23/09/2021
12
towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing benefit and support advice and information for disabled people in East Suffolk.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Relief of People with Disabilities in East Suffolk
£326,471 15/03/2021
Disability Advice Service-East Suffolk provides support and advice on a range of issues for people with disabilities across East Suffolk. Funding for the group will enable them to continue their ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Covid lockdown services.
£1,000 12/03/2021
Supportive services for those with disabilities during Covid.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 26/02/2021
Advice, Representation and Crisis Support for the Disabled
Suffolk Community Foundation - Crisis Project Worker
£5,000 27/01/2021
11
Towards the annual salary costs of the Crisis Project Worker for 2021.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Continuing the Listening Service
£5,000 22/01/2021
5
To continue with the organisations telephone Listening Service - due to Covid lockdown measures.
National Lottery Community Fund - DAS Covid-19 Crisis and Listening Service
£9,921 29/10/2020
6
The aim of this project is to fund a listening service for disabled people & their carers during Covid-19 to compensate for the lack of face to face consultations during the pandemic.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship fund
£3,000 24/08/2020
2
To support those in hardship due to the Covid pandemic.
Suffolk Community Foundation - To support social prescribing
£10,000 21/08/2020
11
To support social prescribing referrals in East Suffolk.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reducing isolation for disabled people living in rural Suffolk
£301,210 23/08/2017
36
The project will provide advice on welfare rights, housing rights, leisure activities, equipment and health and social care to disabled people and their family carers. A number of drop in sessions ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Disability Advice Service (East Suffolk)
£8,000 14/03/2017
Towards one year's salary and on costs of the Senior Advisor at a project providing benefit and support advice and information to disabled people in East Suffolk.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Disability Advice Service (East Suffolk)
£8,000 09/03/2017
12
towards one year's salary of the Senior Advisor at a project providing benefit and support advice and information to disabled people in East Suffolk
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Disability Advice Service (East Suffolk)
£15,000 11/09/2014
24
towards two years' salary of the Manager of a project that provides information, advice and support to disabled people in Suffolk
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Disability Advice Service (East Suffolk)
£30,000 28/08/2013
The charity offers advice to disabled people and their carers. Additional advice support will mean more people can be supported to access their rights, move towards employment and will be supported ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Disability Advice Service (East Suffolk)
£5,000 05/12/2012
36
towards three years' salary of a Administration & Fundraising Officer at a project in Suffolk that provides support to disabled people and their carers
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/07/2013, number: 1152772
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
  • 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
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Disability Advice Service
14 The Square
Martlesham Heath
Suffolk
IP5 3SL

Objectives

The relief of children and adults with disabilities and their carers in East Suffolk and nearby areas.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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