Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 6

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -1

DISABILITY BOWLS ENGLAND

Disability Bowls England (DBE) is the co-ordinating body for bowlers of all ages and abilities with a physical, sensory, learning or memory difficulty. The charitable purposes are in the interests of social welfare, with the object of improving the condition of life of people with disabilities and to facilitate their participation in the sport of bowls.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 9 years

www.disabilitybowlsengland.org.uk

steve.watson@disabilitybowlsengland.org.uk

07715174017

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£37	£44	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	150
31/03/22	£40	£39	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/21	£58	£37	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	79
31/03/20	£22	£35	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/19	£48	£45	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/18	£32	£31	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£35	£21	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£13	£6	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Recreation

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
150 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - It's the "ABILITY" part of "DISABILITY" that counts
£7,000	08/03/2022	This project is an expansion of the current disability bowling programme and will run 6 taster days between March and October 2022 targeting those counties with low participation, Plymouth, ....more This project is an expansion of the current disability bowling programme and will run 6 taster days between March and October 2022 targeting those counties with low participation, Plymouth, Winchester, Oxford, Birmingham, Norfolk and Cumbria.
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Bowls for Adults with Disabilities
£4,500	07/07/2021 17	Funding under Sport England's Toyota Parasport Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Bowls for Adults with Disabilities. This project is a Bowls project, with a focus ....more Funding under Sport England's Toyota Parasport Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Bowls for Adults with Disabilities. This project is a Bowls project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000	21/08/2020	New Normal for Disabled Bowls
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	31/12/2018	Building DBE Regional Infrastructure

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-74

MARGARET SMITH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

MIKE ROBERTSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant

ROBERT ALAN LOVE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

STEPHEN WATSON (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Travel Agent

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/06/2015, number: 1162133
Registered at Companies House on 29/01/2014, number: 08867626

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
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

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

Gedling Indoor Bowls Club
Foxhill Road
Carlton
Nottingham
England
NG4 1RL

Objectives

THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, TO FACILITATE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE SPORT OF BOWLS.

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