Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 5

Pension deficit: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 16

WARREN HOUSE GROUP AT DARTINGTON

The Dartington Service Design Lab (Trading name of Charity) is an independent charity that brings science and evidence to bear on policy and practice in children's services to improve the health and development of children and young people.

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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

There is a pension deficit of £103,562

Established: 21 years

www.dartington.org.uk

info@dartington.org.uk

01803762400

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23		£1,687	£1,724	£-37	£3	£1,174	£1,165	8.1	24
31/03/22		£1,407	£1,369	£38	£0	£1,211	£1,211	10.6	20
31/03/21		£1,467	£1,269	£198	£0	£1,173	£1,021	9.7	17
31/03/20		£1,507	£1,424	£83	£0	£975	£724	6.1	16
31/03/19		£1,429	£1,707	£-278	£0	£892	£704	5	15
31/03/18		£881	£1,121	£-240	£0	£1,170	£1,170	12.5	13
31/03/17		£1,595	£1,997	£-402	£0	£1,411	£1,404	8.4	21
31/03/16		£1,743	£1,830	£-88	£0	£1,813	£1,554	10.2	25
31/03/15		£2,256	£2,256	£0	£29	£1,900	£1,748	9.3	27
31/03/14		£2,783	£2,569	£213	£24	£1,900	£1,734	8.1	22
31/03/13		£1,112	£1,598	£-485	£24	£1,687	£1,687	12.7	18
31/03/12		£1,377	£1,461	£-84	£26	£2,172	£2,172	17.8	17
31/03/11		£1,339	£1,243	£96	£20	£2,256	£2,143	20.7	16
31/03/10		£1,123	£1,131	£-8	£25	£2,160	£1,974	20.9	13
31/03/09		£1,649	£1,145	£504	£25	£2,168	£1,798	18.8	14
31/03/08		£1,351	£1,035	£317	£25	£1,765	£807	9.4	17
31/03/07?	*	£1,107	£802	£305	£24	£1,448	£535	8	16
31/03/05	*	£1,083	£725	£358	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04	*	£933	£522	£411	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 8.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 3.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

24 employees

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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000	18/06/2020 3	Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Evidence 2020: Multiple perspectives to guide learning and improvement
£88,800	04/03/2020	Dartington Service Design Lab is a research charity focussed on improving outcomes for children, young people and families. This grant supports Dartington to carry out an inquiry into how ....more Dartington Service Design Lab is a research charity focussed on improving outcomes for children, young people and families. This grant supports Dartington to carry out an inquiry into how organisations can use evidence to shape and answer their own questions about how to improve their services. The results will shape the organisation's strategy and provide outputs for the wider sector.
National Lottery Community Fund - #iwill Fund Learning Hub (Knowledge, Learning and Insight partner)
£464,961	27/06/2018 55	#iwill Fund Learning Hub (Knowledge, Learning and Insight partner)
National Lottery Community Fund - Promoting emotional health and relationships free from abuse
£1,000,000	26/03/2018 60	This joint initiative, led by Dartington Service Design Lab and Renfrewshire Council, aims to improve the support for children and young people with poor emotional health. They will do this by ....more This joint initiative, led by Dartington Service Design Lab and Renfrewshire Council, aims to improve the support for children and young people with poor emotional health. They will do this by recruiting system change specialists who will be seconded to Renfrewshire Council and the health board. They will then map the system, involving young people, practitioners, managers and system leaders and from this, identify strategies to redirect resources to early action.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Relational approaches research
£3,000	12/06/2017 1	Support to research on relational approaches - access to Canadian Housing First data in order to support the qualitative research undertaken in the US and UK
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Social Research Unit
£15,000	17/08/2014	To support two 3HAdvisors to develop and test a working prototype of an app that supports young people to access information about the availability and quality of services.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Social Research Unit
£247,000	18/06/2014	Core funding
National Lottery Community Fund - A Better Start Support and Development Services BIG001-0354
£1,774,580	21/08/2013 36	A Better Start Support and Development Services BIG001-0354
National Lottery Community Fund - KiVa anti-bulling programme in Wales
£323,698	04/12/2012 36	The project will implement and evaluate an anti-bullying programme with 7-11 year olds, working with teachers and parents in 20 primary schools across Wales to reduce rates of bullying and ....more The project will implement and evaluate an anti-bullying programme with 7-11 year olds, working with teachers and parents in 20 primary schools across Wales to reduce rates of bullying and victimisation. The grant, over 3 years, will fund part salary and on costs of research and support staff, organisational overheads, and direct school implementation costs including teacher and staff training, events, travel and subsistence, materials, registration fees and consultation.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-71

DAVID CAMERON ARCHIBALD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

DAVID DERBYSHIRE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Manager

DR MARIA NEOPHYTOU Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Executive Director

DR SHIVONNE MARIE GATES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Social Researcher

HANNAH CATHERINE STODDART Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Strategy

JOEL RALPH GLOVER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeship: CHILDREN'S LIVER DISEASE FOUNDATION,

LYNN HENDRY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant

LEE MAUVE PATRONTASCH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director Of Services

PETER JONATHAN GRIGG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Chief Executive, Other trusteeship: HOME-START,

RUTH DOBSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/09/2003, number: 1099202
Registered at Companies House on 06/12/2002, number: 04610839

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
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

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR07: 35 days late, AR05: 60 days late, AR04: 50 days late,

Main office

Lower Ground Floor
Higher Mills
Buckfast Abbey
Buckfast
BUCKFASTLEIGH
Devon

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF NEEDY PERSONS, ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

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