Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

DISABILITY ADVICE NORTH EAST SUFFOLK 

A free, impartial and confidential service giving information and advice to people of all ages and with all disabilities or health problems, in the area of North East Suffolk. The main office is in Lowestoft, but qualified advisers also undertake outreach in rural areas and home visits when necessary.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material 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 well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£148,871£155,277£-6,4063
31/03/22£155,808£159,422£-3,6144
31/03/21£174,647£160,268£14,3790
31/03/20£148,783£168,085£-19,3020
31/03/19£0£0£01
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.disabilityadvicenes.co.uk

info@danesonline.co.uk

01502511333

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Advice organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 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
Suffolk Community Foundation£88,148
National Lottery Community Fund£29,979
Henry Smith Charity£20,000
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£10,000
DCMS£10,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£4,000
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Disability Advice North East Suffolk
£10,000 20/06/2023
32% of the salary costs for a Disabled Persons advice and support service in Lowestoft and Waveney in Suffolk.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting disabled people in Waveney
£9,982 07/10/2022
The funding will be used to continue and extend user support groups. The project aims to support people with disabilities early and provide safe meeting spaces.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Disability Advice North East Suffolk (DANES)
£4,000 14/07/2022
purchase of laptops, scanner and other IT equipment for a charity that works with people with disabilities in Suffolk
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Disability Advice North East Suffolk
£2,000 18/05/2022
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Extending opening hours
£9,997 06/08/2021
The group will use the funding to provide advice and support for people who are living with disabilities. This will help vulnerable people who have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Dealing with financial disadvantage for disabled people during the pandemic
£2,000 28/05/2021
Supporting an increase in hours giving advice and support to those living with a disability in the Lowestoft/South Waveney area.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Towards Positivity
£2,000 28/05/2021
Funding for the Towards Positivity Project, helping those whose mental health has suffered as a result of the Covid pandemic.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Dealing with financial disadvantage for disabled people during the pandemic
£5,000 25/03/2021
9
Supporting an increase in hours giving advice and support to those living with a disability in the Lowestoft/South Waveney area.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Listening and acting on the needs of people with disabilities
£5,000 27/01/2021
6
Towards core salary costs of DANES.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Working with the vulnerable & extremely vulnerable in rural Waveney
£2,000 25/01/2021
To extend the contract for a temporary Outreach worker for the organisation by 3 months.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Continuing a service in Bungay, Beccles and surrounding villages
£5,000 04/08/2020
11
To continue to offer the residents of Beccles, Bungay and surrounding villages a full and confidential Disability Advice Service.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Explaining and enabling disability benefits and other support during COVID-19
£5,000 10/07/2020
11
To support the expansion of disability benefit support during Covid-19.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 18/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Disability Advice NE Suffolk (DANES)
£20,000 16/06/2020
12
Towards the salary of their Service Manager, enabling them to provide support to people with disabilities
Suffolk Community Foundation - Workability in Waveney
£10,000 12/06/2020
12
To support the Workability Waveney programme of work support for those with disabilities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Disability Advice North East Suffolk
£20,000 10/06/2020
24
towards two years' running costs of a project providing advice, advocacy and representation service for disabled people, their carers and professionals working with them in Lowestoft and Waveney, ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Workability in Waveney
£9,326 08/06/2020
12
To support the Workability Waveney programme of work support for those with disabilities.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Disability Advice North East Suffolk 2020-21 'Open for Business' Plan.
£3,822 29/05/2020
5
To support Disability Advice North East Suffolk 2020-21 'Open for Business' Plan. Covid 19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Meeting Health and Disability Needs amongst under 65 year olds
£5,000 13/11/2019
11
To support meeting health and disability needs of those under the age of 65.
National Lottery Community Fund - Rethinking Outreach in Waveney
£10,000 03/09/2019
12
Rethinking Outreach in Waveney
Suffolk Community Foundation - Workability in Waveney continued
£14,000 02/08/2019
12
Towards Workability in Waveney.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Outreach in Waveney
£4,000 19/10/2018
11
To continue a rural outreach service in Beccles and Halesworth
Suffolk Community Foundation - Workability in Waveney
£19,898 12/07/2018
11
To offer support to unemployed individuals who are living with a disability and furthest from the job market.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Disability Advice NE Suffolk (DANES)
£2,500 23/01/2017
Towards the salary of their Service Manager who is critical to the running of this service supporting people with disabilities in Waveney.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2018, number: 1180096
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from D.I.A.L. LOWESTOFT AND WAVENEY on 02/05/2019
Main office

161 ROTTERDAM ROAD
LOWESTOFT
SUFFOLK
NR32 2EZ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES LIVING IN LOWESTOFT, WAVENEY, NORTH SUFFOLK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA SO THAT THEY MAY LEAD ACTIVE AND FULFILLING LIVES INTEGRATED IN SOCIETY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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