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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

ONE LIFE AUTISM SUPPORT GROUP 

One Life provides help and support to families within Blaenau Gwent who areaffected by autism. We provide support groups, attend important meetings etc. along with our advocacy service has seen many lives changed.Our mission is to continually raise awareness of autism and support families in the local area affected by it; we now have our own premises to help towards fulfilling this mission.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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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£48£39£9n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£65£67£-2n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£71£81£-9n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£40£18£22n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£13£17£-4n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/18*£25£22£3£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.onelifewales.com

peter.rowe@btinternet.com

07931567883

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Blaenau Gwent,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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£31,180
BBC Children in Need£11,119
The Clothworkers Foundation£9,800
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to One Life Autism Support Group
£9,800 02/08/2023
Construction of a woodland log cabin for a charity which works with people with mental health issues in Blaenau Gwent, Wales
National Lottery Community Fund - Chicken Project
£5,500 21/03/2023
One Life Autism Support Group in Blaenau Gwent will use £5500 to deliver a chicken rearing project to support and enhance their animal therapy provision. The grant will fund a chicken house feed and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Tiddlywinks
£6,950 24/01/2022
One Life Autism Support Group in Blaenau Gwent will use £6950 to purchase storage units undertake groundwork and buy play equipment and books for their mother and baby group to allow more families ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Creative Skills Project
£9,730 24/11/2020
8
One Life Autism Support Group in Ebbw Vale will purchase a laser cutter to enable them to run workshops and competitions for young people with autism. £9730 will fund a laptop tools and raw ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to One Life Autism Support Group
£11,119 20/03/2020
36
This project will provide a holiday scheme for children and young people with autism. They will have more confidence, have more skills, and have better relationships with others.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 28/11/2019
towards running costs during yearend March 2021
National Lottery Community Fund - Holistic sensory project
£9,000 29/10/2019
14
One Life Autism Support Group in Blaenau Gwent will create a sensory room for the children, young people and adults they work with to use alongside the other services they already provide. £9,000 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Facility improvement Project
£4,828 05/09/2017
12
Community Facility improvement Project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/11/2016, number: 1170379
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
6 returns made; AR18: 27 days late,
Main office

32 Darby Crescent
Hilltop
EBBW VALE
Blaenau Gwent
NP23 6QA

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG ADULTS, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING AUTISTIC BY:1. PROVIDING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE PARENTS / CARERS, OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN TO MAXIMISE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN;2. RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION;3. PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT;4. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADULTS, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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