Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 1

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -3
Large legacies income: +1
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 9

CEREBRAL PALSY MIDLANDS

Founded in 1947, the charity is run for, with and by people with Cerebral Palsy and/or speech and language difficulties. Through its person centred projects,URconnectABLE (you are connectable) and LIFEskills (-Learning independence for everyone), Cerebral Palsy provides support to people in our community of interest to enable them to fulfil their role as citizens.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,449,248 available, equivalent to 33 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

Established: 61 years

www.cpmids.org.uk

gary@cpmids.org.uk

01214273182

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£665	£526	£139	£5	£1,459	£1,449	33.1	19	25
31/03/22		£486	£484	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/21		£458	£413	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/20		£1,102	£460	£642	£4	£1,324	£1,300	33.9	17	16
31/03/19		£643	£402	£241	£2	£682	£662	19.8	16	12
31/03/18		£483	£332	£151	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£361	£352	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£472	£313	£159	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£369	£374	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£430	£384	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£410	£496	£-86	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£508	£588	£-80	£12	£174	£135	2.8	17	0
31/03/11		£621	£600	£22	£14	£254	£212	4.2	25	0
31/03/10		£352	£356	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£385	£352	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£245	£288	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£191	£290	£-99	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£134	£214	£-80	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£123	£184	£-62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£409	£183	£226	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 33.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 21.1

Asset Split ?

What it does

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training

Who works here?

19 employees
25 volunteers

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull,

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Being Heard (Dis)Ability Awareness
£10,000	22/04/2020 11	The funding will be used to develop a training programme around disability awareness. The project aims to increase the skills of participants to engage people with cerebral palsy with music ....more The funding will be used to develop a training programme around disability awareness. The project aims to increase the skills of participants to engage people with cerebral palsy with music technology and educate people about disabilities.
Birmingham City Council - Urconnectable
£5,313	01/01/2017	URCONNECTABLE; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice & Information
Birmingham City Council - Urconnectable
£10,625	01/07/2016	URCONNECTABLE; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice & Information
Birmingham City Council - Urconnectable
£15,938	01/04/2015	URCONNECTABLE; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice & Information
Birmingham City Council - Urconnectable
£10,625	01/10/2014	URCONNECTABLE; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice & Information
Birmingham City Council - Urconnectable
£10,625	01/04/2014	URCONNECTABLE; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice & Information
Birmingham City Council - Urconnectable
£5,313	01/04/2014	URCONNECTABLE; Health and wellbeing; Adult Social Care & Health Third Sector Grants - Advice & Information
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Cerebral Palsy Midlands
£25,000	27/04/2012	the costs of sessional tutors for art, music, literacy and numeracy projects

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Gender Split

ANDREW WILLIAM WALL (Chair)

CELIA NOBLE

CLIFFORD ADAMS

JAMES GRENFELL

LORRAINE BOSWELL Appointed: 2014

MICHAEL GANNER Appointed: 2021

TINA HACKETT Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/04/1963, number: 529464

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR15: 25 days late, AR12: 27 days late, AR07: 16 days late,

Main office

17 VICTORIA ROAD
HARBORNE
BIRMINGHAM
B17 0AQ

Objectives

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AS THE COUNCIL DETERMINE...SEE CONSTITUTION FOR FULL DETAILS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED-IN PRACTICE, W. MIDLANDS AREA

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