Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 11

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +11

Overall GiG Score: 21

DISABILITY ARTS ONLINE

Disability Arts Online (DAO) is a disability-led arts organisation that occupies a unique global position with its UK-based website, social media network, commissioning and artist development programmes, partnership work, and vibrant community of disabled creatives.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£381,664	£339,299	£42,365	1
31/03/22	£343,980	£299,823	£44,157	0
31/03/21	£252,249	£229,702	£22,547	0
31/03/20	£287,807	£253,244	£34,563	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years
(18 years as a company)

http://disabilityarts.online

admin@disabilityarts.online

07751175389

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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

DCMS	£247,340
Paul Hamlyn Foundation	£220,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£77,500
The Grocers' Charity	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Core funding
£220,000	06/03/2023	Disability Arts Online are an organisation led by disabled people, set up to advance disability arts and culture. They give disabled artists a platform to blog and share thoughts and images ....more Disability Arts Online are an organisation led by disabled people, set up to advance disability arts and culture. They give disabled artists a platform to blog and share thoughts and images describing artistic practice, projects and finding inspiration to be creative. This grant will contribute to Disability Arts Online's core funding, enabling them to deliver a bold programme of accessible, creative and critical work in the digital realm and with location-based partners.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Disability Arts Online
£2,500	30/01/2023	Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
DCMS - Capital Investment Programme
£100,500	04/03/2022	The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, ....more The Capital Investment Programme is an open access programme to support cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce environmental impact.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Disability Arts Online
£2,000	13/07/2020	Funding is for Mental Health first aid training for all staff, increasing the amount of one-to-one support time for beneficiaries and to increase activity through participatory activities including ....more Funding is for Mental Health first aid training for all staff, increasing the amount of one-to-one support time for beneficiaries and to increase activity through participatory activities including artist talks, Zoom socials and online meet-ups on specific topics.
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Disability Arts Online
£5,000	04/06/2020	Opportunities, education and skills development of creative talent for artists with financing challenges or disability support requirements
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Disability Arts Online
£75,000	12/05/2020 36	Towards unrestricted core costs to support development of Disability Arts Online’s talent development programme.
DCMS - National portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
£101,840	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
DCMS - Disability Arts Online - Investment Principles Resources
£45,000	01/04/2020	We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of ....more We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Lets Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Disability Arts Online
£90,000	17/07/2013	Towards core costs to develop work with disabled artists, nurture talent, provide focused support and enable disabled artists to take their artistic practice forward.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 32-71

AILIS NI RIAIN Appointed: 2021

DR ERIN PRITCHARD Appointed: 2023

ELEANOR THOE LISNEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Self Employed

ELINOR MORGAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Artistic Director

HELOISE KATE BEATON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Disability Lead

JONATHAN HARRIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Management Accountant

MIKE LAYWARD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Student

STEPHANIE JANE FULLER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Museum Director

AMY ZAMIRRAPA SOLIS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Writer & Producer

DENNIS QUEEN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: N/A

SIMON DELL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Web / Software Engineer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/10/2018, number: 1180274
Registered at Companies House on 20/04/2006, number: 05788574

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

DISABILITY ARTS ONLINE
c/o Lighthouse
28 Kensington Street
BRIGHTON
BN1 4AJ

Objectives

1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE ARTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF DIGITALLY BASED AND OFFLINE SERVICES AND BY RAISING AWARENESS AND ENABLING ACCESS TO PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS AND CUTURAL ACTIVITIES2)THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BYA)THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY; ANDB)CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

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