Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +10
    Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

    IDEAL FOR ALL LIMITED 

    Ideal For All is a user led organisation promoting inclusion and independent living for people with disabilities. It does this by providing a diverse range of services to enable people with disabilities to live as independent a life as possible.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender
    Established: 26 years
    (27 years as a company)

    www.idealforall.co.uk

    info@idealforall.co.uk

    01215585555

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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£1,297£1,328£-31£0£981£9548.64150
    31/03/22£1,254£1,234£20£0£1,011£1,0119.84320
    31/03/21£1,402£1,230£173£0£991£9889.63950
    31/03/20£1,222£1,042£180£0£819£8199.43750
    31/03/19£1,019£1,011£9£0£639£6397.636200
    31/03/18£1,102£1,046£57£0£630£6257.2350
    31/03/17£954£885£69£0£573£5377.3320
    31/03/16£789£780£8£0£504£4587290
    31/03/15£658£780£-122£37£496£4967.6230
    31/03/14£1,108£1,212£-104£61£618£3133.1390
    31/03/13£1,446£1,502£-56£71£722£7055.6320
    31/03/12£1,550£1,525£26£69£778£7305.7330
    31/03/11£1,571£1,631£-60£72£752£7355.4390
    31/03/10£1,433£1,387£46£74£813£7916.8450
    31/03/09£1,409£1,430£-21£164£767£4323.6410
    31/03/08£1,409£1,359£51£170£787£4514410
    31/03/07£1,192£1,287£-95£137£737£4784.5440
    31/03/06£1,359£1,334£26£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£1,260£1,188£72£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£1,217£1,127£90£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 12%
    Liabilities/Income: 10%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
    Reserves/Spending: 8.6 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
    Quick Ratio: 7.1
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    • Recreation
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • 41 employees
    • 50 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£454,391
    DCMS£95,701
    Wolfson Foundation£30,000
    Disability Action£24,466
    Lloyds Bank Foundation£14,775
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Better Health for All (Building Connections with Nature & the Community
    £454,391 27/07/2023
    This funding will be used to establish the Better Health for All programme which will support disabled people people with learning difficulties and those with long term mental health conditions in ....more
    Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
    £24,466 01/11/2020
    The project will provide aa tailored and bespoke information, advice and guidance telephone service. Increased capacity to deliver online services
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Ideal for All Ltd
    £14,775 24/07/2020
    Grant to Ideal for All Ltd meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £95,701 30/06/2020
    "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
    Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Ideal for All
    £30,000 05/12/2019
    Replacement of a fully accessible portacabin used to deliver training sessions to adults with disabilities
    DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
    £39,875 01/04/2019
    Disabled young people will co-design and run activities that offer improved social and learning time with peers experiencing similar barriers, develop new skills and improve mental wellbeing.
    Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
    £79,600 08/03/2019
    A grant to fund therapeutic gardening groups for people over 65 with a disability or health condition.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Buddies
    £100,000 19/02/2019
    27
    This project will deliver a range of activities for disabled people and disadvantaged members of the community such as those with poor health. These include accessible wellbeing group activities ....more
    DCMS - Women Side by Side
    £24,975 04/02/2019
    Positive mental health and wellbeing is big news. Put simply its about feeling good and doing well in our day-to-day life. There are lots of things that can impact on this, affecting what we do, how ....more
    DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
    £39,875 01/01/2019
    Disabled young people will co-design and run activities that offer improved social and learning time with peers experiencing similar barriers, develop new skills and improve mental wellbeing.
    Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
    £10,000 20/12/2018
    Supporting young disabled people to improve the spaces within the organisation and make it more welcoming to other young people
    DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
    £10,000 20/12/2018
    Supporting young disabled people to improve the spaces within the organisation and make it more welcoming to other young people
    Co-Op Foundation - Ideal for All - Building Connection Youth Strand Project
    £79,750 06/12/2018
    Disabled young people will co-design and run activities that offer improved social and learning time with peers experiencing similar barriers, develop new skills and improve mental wellbeing.
    Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
    £17,799 01/04/2018
    Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Ideal for All Ltd
    £75,000 20/03/2018
    36
    Sandwell based charity seeking core funding to oversee their work with people living with multiple disadvantages leading to long term unemployment. The are established with a good track record ....more
    Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
    £51,014 01/04/2017
    Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
    Power to Change - Ideal for All Ltd
    £215,732 31/12/2016
    12
    Grant to Ideal for All Ltd
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Ideal for All Ltd
    £15,000 17/02/2016
    12
    A charity that is supporting adults with disabilities across various parts of the Midlands - the grant will fund training and mentoring to improve communications (marketing; reaching new audiences ....more
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ideal for All
    £98,700 04/12/2014
    36
    towards three years' continuation funding of 'Growing Opportunities', a horticultural therapy and training for disabled and disadvantaged people in a deprived area of Birmingham
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (10)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split
    Based on 9/10 persons

    Age Range of Trustees: 51-77
    • CAROL GOFF (Chair) Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Housewife Carer
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/06/1998, number: 1070112
    • Registered at Companies House on 09/05/1996, number: 03196518
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment 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
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    IDEAL FOR ALL LTD
    INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTRE
    100 OLDBURY ROAD
    SMETHWICK
    B66 1JE

    Objectives

    THE RELIEF OF THE AGED SICK OR PERSONS WITH A PHYSICAL LEARNING OR SENSORY DISABILITY IN THE SANDWELL AREA OF THE WEST MIDLANDS WHO REQUIRE ASSISTANCE TO REALISE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND LEAD FULFILLING LIVES

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    SANDWELL AREA OF THE WEST MIDLANDS

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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