Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 4

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Only 4 Trustees: -1
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -2

DIFFERENCE

To achieve our objectives of increasing equality and tackling discrimination, we will:1. Raise awareness of disability discrimination and influence public opinion and policy.2. Represent and speak out about the needs and concerns of disabled people.0001

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
There are only 4 trustees
The Board is completely 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
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Established: 7 years

www.differencenortheast.org.uk

hello@differencenortheast.org.uk

07817619333

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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
01/01/23	*	£101	£76	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
01/01/22		£68	£67	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
01/01/21		£70	£58	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
01/01/20	*	£22	£18	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
01/01/19	*	£16	£13	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
01/01/18	*	£16	£13	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Delivering Difference in the North East
£238,984	17/02/2021 36	The funding will help to amplify the voices of disabled people in the region with a view to increasing employment prospects through peer and mentoring support training disability champions in the ....more The funding will help to amplify the voices of disabled people in the region with a view to increasing employment prospects through peer and mentoring support training disability champions in the workplaces and raising awareness and training of disability equality. This aims to improve employment prospects and reduce isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - North East Digital Accessibility Project
£10,000	21/10/2020 6	The funding will be used to deliver training to organisations and charities which support people with disabilities. The project aims to improve accessibility to online services that have been ....more The funding will be used to deliver training to organisations and charities which support people with disabilities. The project aims to improve accessibility to online services that have been developed in response to the pandemic.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Developing and testing an educational resource to deliver disability awareness and equality training.
£7,500	21/02/2020	Developing and testing an educational resource to deliver disability awareness and equality training.
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting out of the house: what stops disabled folk participating in public life
£10,000	10/01/2020 5	The funding will be used to conduct collaborative research with disabled people to help improve issues they may face in everyday life. The project aims to establish barriers that stop disabled people ....more The funding will be used to conduct collaborative research with disabled people to help improve issues they may face in everyday life. The project aims to establish barriers that stop disabled people leaving the house and going places.
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing Difference across the North East
£72,986	16/04/2019 36	The funding is for a project designed to protect and promote the rights of disabled people in the North East of the country. The project aims to amplify the voices of disabled people ' especially ....more The funding is for a project designed to protect and promote the rights of disabled people in the North East of the country. The project aims to amplify the voices of disabled people ' especially those at risk of isolation - in the region, to challenge stereotypes and stigmas, and to spotlight positive representations of the disability community.
County Durham Community Foundation - Organisational development worker
£5,000	14/11/2018	To support an organisational development worker.
County Durham Community Foundation - Online digital engagement platform
£3,000	27/11/2017	Towards online digital engagement platform.
National Lottery Community Fund - Organisational & capacity development
£10,000	04/10/2017 12	The project will hire a development worker to grow their services and provide a membership network, collective advocacy and peer support for disabled people across the North East. This will enable ....more The project will hire a development worker to grow their services and provide a membership network, collective advocacy and peer support for disabled people across the North East. This will enable disabled people to access their rights, and give them a voice to address issues that affect them.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CAROLINE MACDONALD Appointed: 2023

GILLIAN LATHAN Appointed: 2017

NICKY EREVIK Appointed: 2017

VALERIE MILNES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Manager, Other trusteeship: SURFACE AREA DANCE THEATRE,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/12/2016, number: 1170789

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

6 returns made; AR23: 83 days late, AR20: 37 days late, AR19: 66 days late, AR18: 6 days late,

Main office

49 WANTAGE ROAD
DURHAM
DH1 1LP

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION IN RELATION TO DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND BY AIMING TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER FACTORS WHICH EXCLUDE DISABLED PEOPLE FROM BEING EQUAL PARTICIPANTS IN COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY; AND HIGHLIGHTING THE WAYS IN WHICH DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION IS EXPERIENCED IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

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