Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE ADD-VANCE ADHD AND AUTISM TRUST

SUPPORTING AND TRAINING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEURODIVERSE CONDITIONS SUCH AS ADHD AND/OR AUTISM. WORKING WITH FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS TO CHANGE PERCEPTIONS AND INCREASE UNDERSTANDING.ACTIVITIES INCLUDE TRAINING, COACHING, SUPPORT, GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending 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
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£336£307£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£239£221£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£216£192£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£171£160£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£173£181£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£166£173£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£187£167£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£193£176£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 10 years

www.add-vance.org

Herts@add-vance.org

01727833963

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£13,410 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
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Online services for ADD-vance
£4,768 14/04/2020
Grant to ADD-Vance
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - Grant to ADD-Vance
£5,000 11/12/2019
Grant to ADD-Vance
National Lottery Community Fund - Help-desk support
£10,000 10/01/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to introduce a new role to provide help and answer queries from parents and carers of disabled children to help the group improve its services.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW TAYLOR Appointed: 2022
  • DR REBECCA HUNT Appointed: 2023
  • ELIZABETH WEST (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • LUCY JOANNE MARANGOS Appointed: 2023
  • PAMELA ANNE CLIFTON REIEMEIER Appointed: 2021
  • ZOE MIDDLETON Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/10/2014, number: 1158968
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

FOUNDATION HOUSE
2-4 FORUM PLACE
FIDDLEBRIDGE LANE
HATFIELD
HERTFORDSHIRE
AL10 0RN

Objectives

1. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) AND/OR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD) AND THEIR FAMILIES.2. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF HAVING ADHD AND/OR ASD AND HELP THEIR INTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO ADHD AND/OR ASD IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING TRAINING COURSES, PRACTICAL ADVICE AND INFORMATION.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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