Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

DIGITAL ADVANTAGE

Training and development of creative and digital skills for young people, especially those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers including the Government recently
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
30/06/22	*	£278,922	£290,193	£-11,271	0
30/06/21		£32,595	£5,398	£27,197	15

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.digitaladvantage.org.uk

andy@digitaladvantage.org.uk

01614102040

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Sports activities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

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

Co-Op Foundation	£21,500
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,900
The Shears Foundation	£5,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Digital Advantage
£5,500	06/04/2023	Your Digital News Agency
Co-Op Foundation - Digital Advantage Collective Action Grant
£10,000	05/04/2022	Funding will enable this organisation to drive a campaign to encourage employers to recruit autistic young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community DNA
£9,900	11/02/2022	The funding will be used to deliver a digital training and work experience programme there will be different sessions for different age ranges to suit all. The project aims to bring people together ....more The funding will be used to deliver a digital training and work experience programme there will be different sessions for different age ranges to suit all. The project aims to bring people together to learn new skills increase confidence and improve mental health.
Co-Op Foundation - Capacity Building
£7,500	22/10/2021	This organisation will use the capacity building grant towards the cost of becoming registered with Department for Education as an Independent Specialist Provider. It will work in ....more This organisation will use the capacity building grant towards the cost of becoming registered with Department for Education as an Independent Specialist Provider. It will work in partnership with SENDCode to support young autistic and socially isolated p
Co-Op Foundation - Luminate - bonus grant
£1,500	03/12/2020	Capacity building
Co-Op Foundation - Development grant
£2,500	12/02/2020	Provides digital training and work experience to young people in Greater Manchester and beyond. Will use their development grant to buy new iPads to allow them to meet the growth in demand for their ....more Provides digital training and work experience to young people in Greater Manchester and beyond. Will use their development grant to buy new iPads to allow them to meet the growth in demand for their programmes, particularly from schools that don’t have ac
Co-Op Foundation - Luminate desk
£7,216	29/11/2018	Provides industry-led digital training and work experience to young people in Greater Manchester and beyond. They have a dedicated programme for special educational needs and disability schools and ....more Provides industry-led digital training and work experience to young people in Greater Manchester and beyond. They have a dedicated programme for special educational needs and disability schools and students in Greater Manchester, linking talented students

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ASHLEY BORODA (Chair) Appointed: 2019

BECK CROMACK-HOUSE Appointed: 2022

DIANE AINSWORTH Appointed: 2022

NAOMI TIMPERLEY Appointed: 2019

PHILIP ARNOLD Appointed: 2023

SARAH JANE MUSIQUE-HARGREAVES Appointed: 2021

KATE DODD Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: MBC,

MICHAEL ANTHONY MCNAMARA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeship: SOUTH DENBIGHSHIRE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2020, number: 1188836

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; AR22: 333 days late,

Main office

8
Albemarle Ave
Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M20 1HX

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: A) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAY:I) BE DISABLEDII) HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDSIII) HAVE LIMITED DIGITAL SKILLSIV) BE UNEMPLOYEDB) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF DIGITAL SKILLS IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAY:I) BE DISABLEDII) HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDSIII) HAVE LIMITED DIGITAL SKILLSIV) BE UNEMPLOYED

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