Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD. 

Diverse Abilities' mission is to enable children and adults with disabilities to achieve their full potential by providing a lifetime of sustainable support and educational services. We offer the broadest choice of high quality services tailored to individual needs and support people primarily across Dorset and West Hampshire local authority areas, but further afield if required.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
Established: 43 years

www.diverseabilities.org.uk

info@diverseabilities.org.uk

01202718266

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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£8,334£8,450£-116£313£8,633£8,27611.837251
31/03/22£7,962£7,785£177£280£8,682£8,33512.837935
31/03/21£7,471£6,940£531£209£7,247£6,9481240225
31/03/20£7,564£7,236£328£319£6,716£6,41510.6405176
31/03/19£7,087£7,073£14£302£6,388£6,28910.7425170
31/03/18£6,899£6,976£-77£350£5,906£3,7866.54330
31/03/17£6,768£6,603£165£277£5,985£5,66110.34220
31/03/16£6,151£6,778£-627£272£6,026£5,80110.34250
31/03/15£6,175£6,527£-351£311£6,537£6,18711.44220
31/03/14£5,851£5,913£-62£262£4,200£4,0348.23900
31/03/13£5,151£5,239£-89£198£4,260£4,2169.73580
31/03/12£4,894£5,058£-164£197£4,349£4,27510.13270
31/03/11£4,594£4,930£-336£53£4,513£4,15410.13190
31/03/10£4,407£4,463£-56£116£4,767£4,40711.82520
31/03/09£4,386£4,225£161£118£4,823£4,45712.72370
31/03/08£4,279£4,011£268£107£4,661£4,32312.92370
31/03/07£5,218£3,968£1,250£118£4,394£3,625112290
31/03/06*£3,612£3,674£-62£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£3,577£3,365£212£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£3,112£2,814£298£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 30%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 11.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 372 employees
  • 51 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£143,694
Masonic Trust£60,000
BBC Children in Need£35,799
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Coping with Chaos Family Support Services
£3,414 22/10/2022
We'd like to the support siblings of a disabled child, as these children often feel they don't have a voice; usually due to the demand on the family.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Diverse Abilities Plus Limited
£29,277 31/01/2022
This project will provide support to siblings of disabled children and young people to improve their emotional well-being, reduce isolation and have fun.
National Lottery Community Fund - Coping with Chaos - Family Support Service
£133,694 28/01/2022
The project is using funding to provide a programme of activities across Dorset for children and young people aged 5-19 years with disabilities and their families. The funding will allow the group to ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Diverse Abilities Plus Limited
£6,522 30/11/2020
This grant will fund youth club sessions siblings of disabled children who are experiencing increased isolation due Covid-19. It will reduce loneliness, increase their ability to share their feelings ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£22,084 17/07/2020
"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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£30,000 19/06/2020
Around the clock care for adults with disabilities in supported living
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£60,000 02/06/2020
Grant to support children with disabilities and their families in Dorset.
National Lottery Community Fund - Quiet sensory space for adults with profound learning and physical disabilities
£10,000 24/02/2020
11
The funding will be used to install a new sensory room or 'snug' for adults with profound disabilities and sensory impairments. The room will be installed in a new activity centre for adults with ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Diverse Abilities
£6,666 19/11/2018
We want to offer disabled adults activities to help develop their personality, self-confidence and be as independent as possible.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Diverse Abilities
£36,000 14/06/2018
Training kitchen and community cafe in extended centre
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Diverse Abilities Plus
£22,000 18/05/2018
refurbishment of a day centre for a charity which works with disabled people in Dorset
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Diverse Abilities
£4,405 29/11/2017
We'd like to fund more fun days out for the siblings of disabled children to enjoy time as an individual away from their family situation.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 28/11/2017
Coping with Chaos
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Diverse Abilities Plus Limited
£47,311 11/10/2016
36
This project provides open play sessions for disabled children and young people during the school holidays. The sessions will help to increase confidence, reduce isolation and improve family ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Together
£280,358 15/03/2012
60
This project aims to improve the emotional well-being of disabled children and young people, their siblings and their parents, in rural Dorset and reduce the likelihood of family breakdown and mental ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-81
  • GEOFF RIDGWAY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired Clinical Microbiologist
  • NIGEL STILL Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Estate Agency Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/04/1981, number: 282197
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/01/1981, number: 01540805
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 60 days late, AR04: 33 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LEIGH PARK (WIMBORNE MINSTER) COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION on 17/01/2023
Main office

DIVERSE ABILITIES HEAD OFFICE
Langside School
Langside Avenue
POOLE
BH12 5BN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE CARE, WELFARE, INTEREST, TREATMENT, EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET(OR IN THE EVENT OF ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT RE-ORGANISATION IN AN EQUIVALENT AREA) AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS OF SPASTICS (WHICH EXPRESSION IN THESE PRESENTS SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF CEREBRAL PALSY) AND OTHER HANDICAPPED PERSONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF DORSET AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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