Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 11

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 12

DADS UNLIMITED

We support dads across the UK to help them improve their co-parenting relationships after parental separation, and seek help for their mental health. The issues we support are suicidal ideation/self-harm, anxiety, depression, domestic abuse, loneliness and isolation.We work hard to reduce male suicide; help male victims of domestic abuse, reduce parental conflict, and improve co-parenting.

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 including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

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Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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	£642	£500	£142	£0	£399	£114	2.7	14	10
31/03/22	£350	£294	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21?	£148	£137	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
30/09/20	£269	£145	£124	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
30/09/19	£124	£78	£47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
30/09/18	£45	£26	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 29%
Reserves/Spending: 2.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 151.3

Asset Split ?

Established: 7 years

www.dadsunltd.org.uk

office@dadsunltd.org.uk

01233 680150

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

14 employees
10 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	£365,694
Henry Smith Charity	£180,000
Tudor Trust	£152,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
DCMS	£12,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Dads Unlimited
£2,836	21/10/2023	We provide co-parenting training for separated families, enabling us to reduce parental conflict and bring a harmonised approach to parenting following family separation.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Dads Unlimited
£50,000	07/12/2022 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Dads Unlimited
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Dads Unlimited
£2,250	07/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Dads Unlimited - 05/10/22
£2,500	24/10/2022	Core Funding
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Dads Unlimited
£1,646	22/10/2022	We aim to create a safe space for dads to open up about their mental health and struggles with domestic abuse as a result of family breakdown.
National Lottery Community Fund - DU Core Running Costs
£299,884	28/07/2021 36	The funding will cover core costs over three years of a service that provides early intervention and critical response wrap-around inclusive support services for parents (mostly fathers) and their ....more The funding will cover core costs over three years of a service that provides early intervention and critical response wrap-around inclusive support services for parents (mostly fathers) and their children who are undergoing relationship breakdowns. The group's central aim is to support equality of opportunity for children of separated families by working with their beneficiaries (mostly fathers) towards a positive co-parenting environment where it is safe and in that child’s interests to do so. They do this by supporting the wellbeing of Dads through family breakdown before they hit a crisis point that may end in severe depression and/or suicidal ideation. Core funding over 3 years will allow for two new roles and increase the capacity of existing senior personnel.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Dads Unlimited
£2,000	03/03/2021	as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to DU (Dads Unlimited)
£180,000	04/02/2021 36	towards three years' running costs of a one-to-one mentoring project for children with separated parents in Kent.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£12,000	24/08/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - DU Right Here Right Now!
£55,828	11/06/2020 5	Dads Unlimited works with men going through a separation or divorce who have children and are experiencing parental conflict. The project is currently running a range of services including 24/7 ....more Dads Unlimited works with men going through a separation or divorce who have children and are experiencing parental conflict. The project is currently running a range of services including 24/7 helpline mental health counselling school/family/police liaison and co-parenting programmes. The funding will support the group to continue delivering services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Dads Unlimited CV19 Virtual Support Service
£9,982	07/05/2020 8	The project will use funding to provide support for families going facing issues and breakdowns during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Dads Unlimited
£150,000	30/05/2019 36	over three years towards salaries and other core costs at an organisation working to reduce parental conflict following relationship breakdown across Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Dads United
£33,178	28/02/2019 36	This project offers support to vulnerable dads suffering from a range of issues such as family breakdown and co-parenting problems in Kent. The organisation will use funding to scale up its operation ....more This project offers support to vulnerable dads suffering from a range of issues such as family breakdown and co-parenting problems in Kent. The organisation will use funding to scale up its operation by recruiting more staff, promoting its services and increasing the geographical range within Kent to meet demand and help more people. They will work alongside the local council, police force, National Citizen Service and other local groups to deliver the project.
National Lottery Community Fund - One-to-One Mentoring Support Service
£9,339	28/06/2018 12	The project will continue to run a mentoring support service for men who have become full time dads and had family breakdowns. The aim of this is to reduce conflict and improve co-parenting.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

BENCE LEB Appointed: 2022

JAMES MCCOMAS Appointed: 2024

MARK EVERTON WYNTER Appointed: 2017

MARC DAVID GODDARD Appointed: 2023

ZARA SIMONE HICKMOTT (Chair) Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/09/2017, number: 1174832

Gift Aid

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
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; all on time

Main office

Dads Unlimited
Metford Units 5 & 7
Evegate Business Park
Station Road
Smeeth
ASHFORD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (DADS UNLIMITED) ARE:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF RELATIONSHIPBREAKDOWN WHEREBY CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED, IN PARTICULAR BY FOCUSING ONFATHERS;2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PROVIDE THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTHOF FATHERS IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, SUPPORTAND SERVICES FOR THE ONGOING SAFETY OF MEN WHO ARE ABUSED AND THOSEARE AFFECTED BY ABUSE.3. TO PROVIDE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, ASSISTANCE THROUGH CONCILIATIONFOR COUPLES WITH CHILDREN WHOSE RELATIONSHIPS APPEAR TO BE BREAKINGDOWN, AND WHERE SUCH RELATIONSHIPS HAVE ALREADY BROKEN DOWN, TOADVISE AND HELP IN THE SETTLEMENT OF DIFFERENCES OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCESOVER ASSOCIATED MATTERS SUCH AS CUSTODY AND ACCESS TO CHILDREN, ANDFINANCIAL MATTERS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIOFOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THECHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIESACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

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