Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 15

ALDAG (ALWAYS LEARNING DEVELOPING AND GROWING)

For the public benefit and relief in need of persons with a learning disability by the provision of facilities for: recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare; education; supported employment and short holiday breaks and other charitable means for such persons in Surrey, and to advance the social inclusion of those with learning disabilities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/12/23	£163,860	£159,808	£4,052	12
31/12/22	£133,704	£203,301	£-69,597	9
31/12/21	£74,346	£69,259	£5,087	21
31/12/20	£86,976	£71,607	£15,369	38
31/12/19	£173,050	£42,400	£130,650	35

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

aldag.co.uk

info@aldag.org.uk

01372275466

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Surrey,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 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	£64,000
Community Foundation for Surrey	£13,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Employment Support Manager
£8,000	31/01/2024 11.774193548387	Funding towards the salary costs of a part-time manager for a charity coffee shop providing apprenticeship opportunites for adults with learning disabilities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	01/04/2022	CUPS & CO
Community Foundation for Surrey - CUPS & CO
£5,000	24/01/2022 11	Funding towards the salary of a Manager at a cafe providing training opportunities to people with disabilities in Mole Valley.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cups&Co
£64,000	22/12/2021	The funding will be used to open a coffee shop in Dorking. It will offer work experience volunteering and apprenticeship opportunities to their YP living with learning disabilities. The project was ....more The funding will be used to open a coffee shop in Dorking. It will offer work experience volunteering and apprenticeship opportunities to their YP living with learning disabilities. The project was formed to address the lack of social opportunities for people with LD in the area. The organisation offers social clubs supported short holidays for small groups of friends a weekly craft workshop group a gardening project which includes an organisational allotment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANTONY LEACH Appointed: 2020

ELIZABETH CORAL NEWHOUSE Appointed: 2023

HAZEL GIBSON Appointed: 2017

JENNIFER BLACKBURN Appointed: 2018

PAMELA BETTY WALDEN (Chair) Appointed: 2017

ROGER MALCOLM WALKER Appointed: 2023

JOHN RICHARD ASHURST Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeship: THE BESOM IN ASHTEAD AND LEATHERHEAD,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/02/2019, number: 1182187

Gift Aid

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
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ASHTEAD LEARNING DIFFICULTIES ACTION GROUP on 16/03/2021

Main office

GREENDENE
GLEBE ROAD
ASHTEAD
KT21 2NT

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF IN NEED OF PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR: RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE; EDUCATION; SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT AND SHORT HOLIDAY BREAKS AND OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS FOR SUCH PERSONS IN SURREY, AND TO ADVANCE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF THOSE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, BY THE PROMOTION OF UNDERSTANDING, ACCEPTANCE AND INVOLVEMENT OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY LIFE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, ÆSOCIALLY EXCLUDEDÆ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF HAVING A LEARNING DISABILITY.

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