Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

EXPECT LTD

Support people with Mental Health and Learning disabilities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/09/23£5,051£5,492£-441£1,241£1,743£1,7433.81540
30/09/22*£5,298£5,546£-248£1,151£2,467£2,4675.31690
30/09/21£5,627£5,925£-298£1,388£2,715£2,7155.51920
30/09/20£5,957£6,191£-234£1,474£3,013£3,0135.82330
30/09/19£5,648£5,774£-127£1,159£3,247£1,7663.72350
30/09/18£4,609£4,726£-117£604£2,711£2,7116.91990
30/09/17?£5,869£4,967£903£82£2,836£2,8366.91520
31/03/16£3,140£2,920£220£0£1,920£1,9197.91510
31/03/15£3,180£2,921£259£9£1,723£1,7107850
31/03/14£2,947£2,674£274£13£1,289£1,2895.81200
31/03/13£3,069£2,773£296£5£1,015£1,0154.41200
31/03/12£2,952£3,055£-103£11£720£7202.81300
31/03/11*£2,917£2,865£52£9£823£8233.41150
31/03/10*£2,819£2,644£175£11£771£7713.5760
31/03/09*£2,784£2,525£259£9£924£9244.41230
31/03/08£2,552£2,435£118£7£664£6643.31140
31/03/07£2,441£2,248£193£6£428£4282.31270
31/03/06£2,309£2,374£-65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£2,270£2,320£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£2,228£2,100£128n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 35.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 22.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 36 years

www.expect-excellence.org

enquiries@expect-excellence.org

01512840025

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Conwy, Denbighshire, Liverpool City, Sefton,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - Bowersdale Resource Centre Gardening Project
£1,500 22/08/2022
The group are requesting funding to provide a gardening activity and learning programme.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-77
  • ANTHONY GILMORE (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired Auctioneer/Valuer
  • CLAIRE GRAHAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Trustee Engagement And Support Lead
  • DAMON ROBERT BROAD Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee
  • JEREMY HOOPER Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant
  • KEVIN ROBERT STEPHEN MORRIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Compliance Manager, Retail Financial Services
  • SYLVIA MCCABE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Trustee
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/03/1989, number: 701331
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/03/1989, number: 02357285
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
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; AR22: 61 days late, AR11: 87 days late, AR10: 46 days late, AR09: 96 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Expect Ltd
151 Stanley Road
Bootle
L20 3DL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE VALUE OF ORDINARY LIVING OPPORTUNITIES AND TO ELIMINATE THE SEGREGATION AND STIGMATISATION OF PEOPLE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF THEIR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH, MENTAL ILL HEALTH OR LEARNING DISABILITY.TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES WITH THE AIM OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL HEALTH NEEDS, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES.TO UNDERTAKE THE MANAGEMENT OF HOUSING PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A MANAGEMENT AGENT, WHICH PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO INSTITUTIONALISED CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL HEALTH NEEDS, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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