Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 10

ACCESS BEDFORD

1 Raising public awareness of the issues affecting deaf people2 Campaigning for the promotion of British Sign Language to be on an equal footing to spoken and written English3 Providing recreational facilities and opportunities for deaf people to integrate with the hearing community

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

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
01/04/23		£32	£19	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	15
01/04/22		£10	£15	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
01/04/21		£14	£10	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
01/04/20		£10	£7	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
01/04/19		£2	£3	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
01/04/18		£3	£5	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/17		£15	£9	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
01/04/16	*	£10	£7	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.accessbedford.org.uk

info@accessbedford.org.uk

07376262873

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Bedford,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
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

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation	£24,746
National Lottery Community Fund	£6,895
Harpur Trust	£4,130
Co-Operative Group	£3,727

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - A project supporting those with hearing loss in Bedford
£20,616	29/09/2022	Community Outreach
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Access Bedford
£3,727	23/10/2021	We will provide the deaf community and their families with opportunities to access support groups, health and wellbeing events, social activities and offer BSL/deaf awareness training to learners.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Both Streams 1 & 2 - Delivery or Support & Core Costs
£4,130	09/04/2020 3	Grant to Access Bedford
Harpur Trust - Access Bedford
£4,130	09/04/2020 12	English to BSL volunteer costs over 6 months and equipment to allow volunteers to work from home
National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf Space
£6,895	13/03/2020 11	The project will use funding to continue running a drop-in centre to provide support for the deaf and hard of hearing community. The project aims to provide access to support and services and reduce ....more The project will use funding to continue running a drop-in centre to provide support for the deaf and hard of hearing community. The project aims to provide access to support and services and reduce feelings of isolation.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

REBBECA JAMES Appointed: 2023

CATHERINE WRIGHT Appointed: 2015

HELENE BOLTON Appointed: 2018

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/07/2015, number: 1162947

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
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; AR16: 2 days late,

Main office

COLLETT HULANCE
40 KIMBOLTON ROAD
BEDFORD
MK40 2NR

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG MEMBERS OF THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITY LIVING IN BEDFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING BY:1. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING DEAF PEOPLE, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION;2. CAMPAIGNING FOR THE PROMOTION OF BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE TO BE ON AN EQUAL FOOTING TO SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH; AND3. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEAF PEOPLE TO INTEGRATE WITH THE HEARING COMMUNITY.

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