Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +8

LEARNING DISABILITY ENGLAND 

The principle activity of the company is the provision of information, advice and training to individuals with learning disabilities, their relatives and carers and professionals who work with them.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is completely female
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 22 years

www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk

info@LDEngland.org.uk

03001110444

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
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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£357£373£-16n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/22£349£284£65n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/21£416£358£58n/an/an/an/an/a28
31/03/20£211£209£2n/an/an/an/an/a28
31/03/19£220£200£20n/an/an/an/an/a31
31/03/18£271£187£84£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£300£302£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£300£302£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£318£326£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£306£299£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£242£244£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£165£209£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£162£165£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£202£207£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£200£169£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£118£116£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£117£103£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£119£109£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£107£126£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£112£104£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 15 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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
Department of Health£388,308
Esmee Fairbairn£152,000
Nesta£4,000
CAF£3,711
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Learning Disability England
£2,500 13/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Department of Health - Learning Disability England
£78,889 10/02/2022
We are looking for bids that provide support in the following ways:Supporting the mental health needs of children, young people and adults with learning disability and autistic individuals who may ....more
Department of Health - BAME Self-Advocacy Health Improvement Project
£63,800 11/02/2021
ACTION will provide a sustainable and impartial mechanism for driving evidence-based improvements in quality in acute alcohol treatment services (ACTs). It will be complimentary to the delivery of ....more
CAF - Grant to Learning Disability England
£3,711 05/06/2020
3
Grant to Learning Disability England to support the organisation through COVID19
Department of Health - Covid Funding
£120,192 22/05/2020
Support for people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Learning Disability England
£27,500 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Nesta - AC01110
£4,000 29/04/2020
0
COVID19 Emergency Fund programme grant to Learning Disability England Grant Ref AC01110
Department of Health - Learning Disability England
£125,427 17/04/2020
The grant funding provided a period of support for charities providing vital services to ensure they could meet increased demand as a result of COVID-19, while continuing their day-to-day activities ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Learning Disability England
£122,000 25/09/2019
36
Towards organisational core costs, to help ensure that the needs and wishes of learning disabled people are accurately represented in policy and decision making at national and local level.
Nesta - AC00899
£53,676 26/03/2019
19
Health as a Social Movement programme grant to Learning Disability England Grant Ref AC00899
National Lottery Community Fund - Learning Disability England Inclusive Event
£7,810 17/11/2017
12
This funding will help to bring families, parents and carers and people with learning disabilities together with partner organisations. This will support and improve their quality of life by giving ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/06/2002, number: 1092587
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/06/2001, number: 04233275
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR16: 0 days late, AR10: 19 days late,
Main office

C/O ANTHONY COLLINS SOLICITORS LLP
134 EDMUND STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2ES

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED, HANDICAPPED (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING AND ADVOCACY IN RESPECT OF THEIR HOUSING CARE OR SUPPORT NEEDS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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