Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 9
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

LIVING OPTIONS DEVON 

Living Options Devon is a registered charity working across the South West to ensure that people with disabilities and Deaf people (who use British Sign Language (BSL)) can live the lives they choose.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 20 years

www.livingoptions.org

info@livingoptions.org

01392459222

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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£1,932£1,999£-67£0£236£2311.43525
31/03/22£1,987£2,033£-46£0£304£2891.733125
31/03/21£1,838£1,740£98£0£349£3002.133125
31/03/20£1,837£1,841£-4£0£252£1741.136125
31/03/19£1,890£1,789£100£0£256£540.430175
31/03/18£1,783£1,763£20£0£155£1140.8320
31/03/17£1,493£1,531£-38£0£135£1180.9200
31/03/16£1,578£1,603£-25£0£173£1451.1200
31/03/15£1,504£1,554£-49£4£198£940.7240
31/03/14£1,174£1,191£-18£4£248£880.9210
31/03/13£1,741£1,735£6£4£265£760.5260
31/03/12£1,647£1,552£94£5£260£1291260
31/03/11£1,368£1,290£78£4£165£940.9270
31/03/10£911£929£-18£3£87£620.8330
31/03/09£898£878£20£5£105£1051.4300
31/03/08£674£690£-15£4£85£751.3210
31/03/07*£469£530£-60£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£474£422£52£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£300£287£14£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: 72%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 1.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 35 employees
  • 25 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire,

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£460,722
DCMS£167,887
Devon Community Foundation£30,834
Disability Action£23,461
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Cost of Living Support for Disabled and Deaf People
£9,405 15/08/2023
A request for the continuation of funding to provide immediate cost of living support for disabled and deaf people, across Devon.
National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf Counselling
£9,118 19/05/2023
The funding will be used to continue a counselling service to Deaf British Sign Language users with a qualified BSL counsellor. The project aims to improve the wellbeing of deaf people.
Devon Community Foundation - Grant to Living Options Devon
£5,000 13/02/2023
20 group counselling sessions for front-line staff; focusing on the advocacy, victim support, Time to Talk and Deaf led teams.
National Lottery Community Fund - Devon Well-Being Together (DWBT)
£431,654 24/11/2022
This funding will help to deliver wellbeing services that are accessible and inclusive for disabled and Deaf people whilst also providing additional volunteering opportunities. The project aims to ....more
Devon Community Foundation - Framing Nature
£2,000 04/05/2022
10 places x 6-week photography course for disabled people to build connections, reduce loneliness and develop skills
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£18,209 26/05/2021
A grant to reduce loneliness for people with a physical and/or sensory disability through advice, information and emotional support.
Devon Community Foundation - Covid19 Redesign of the Sensory Loss Service
£5,948 17/02/2021
5
Grant to Living Options Devon
National Lottery Community Fund - Living Options Counselling
£10,000 19/01/2021
11
This project will continue to support people with various disabilities by offering free and accessible counselling with a fully qualified counsellor along with tools to be able to cope. It will help ....more
Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
£23,461 01/11/2020
The project will provide a counselling service for disabled people
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Living Options Devon
£2,981 29/07/2020
2
Grant to Living Options Devon
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£167,887 25/06/2020
"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
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Living Options Devon
£5,000 11/06/2020
COVID19 : Purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with people with disabilities and deaf people in Devon
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Devon Disability Coronavirus Network (DDCN)
£5,500 09/04/2020
2
Grant to Living Options Devon
National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf Journey to Employment Hub
£9,950 03/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to run a peer support service, which will provide people living with deafness the information, training and guidance to access employment. The project aims to remove barriers ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 29/11/2018
See Hear Centre
Devon Community Foundation - Countryside Mobility
£5,000 09/07/2018
11
purchasing a multi-terrain mobility vehicle to enable people with disabilities to access nature and enjoy the outside environment, providing potential to enhance life experiences, opportunities and ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
£8,953 01/04/2018
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf job club
£10,000 21/02/2018
12
The funding will be used set up an employment club for deaf people who use British Sign Language. The club will allow people to develop employability skills and knowledge through peer support and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Living Options Devon
£43,000 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of a part-time Equipment Advisor at a project supporting people with sensory loss in North Devon
Sport England - Opportunity Fund
£152,081 21/11/2017
36
Funding under Sport England's Opportunity Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Opportunity Fund'. This project is a Sports Development project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more
Sport England - Opportunity Fund
£152,081 21/11/2017
35
Funding under Sport England's Opportunity Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Opportunity Fund. This project is a Sports development project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
£63,485 01/04/2017
Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
National Lottery Community Fund - Time to Talk
£496,429 22/03/2017
59
The project will tackle loneliness and isolation for people with physical and/or mobility disabilities, living in and around Devon. The project will focus on those who experience a visual or hearing ....more
Comic Relief - Deaf Campaigning Service
£130,629 30/09/2015
36
Deaf people are often failed by society by lack of equal access. This project aims to ensure that the voices of deaf people living in Devon are heard on a level playing field with other groups so ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Living Options Devon
£644,200 08/09/2015
The Heritage Ability Project, South West
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Living Options Devon
£40,100 04/12/2014
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of the 'See Hear' outreach service in Devon, to include the salary of an Equipment Advisor
National Lottery Community Fund - Welfare Reform: Positive options for disabled people
£426,503 20/03/2014
36
This new project will use the funding to support disabled people in Devon affected by welfare reforms. The project will address poverty and isolation by providing easier access to advice and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The See Hear Centre on Wheels (SHoW)
£355,439 17/04/2013
60
This project will provide an expanded and further reaching mini bus outreach service for hearing and visually impaired people in rurally isolated parts of North and Mid Devon. The current service ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Living Options Devon
£27,200 05/12/2012
24
towards two years' running costs of the See Hear Outreach service, including the salary and of an Equipment Advisor at a charity in Devon that provides support and services to people with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - I.T. System and Training Programme for Disabled and Deaf Beneficiaries in D
£10,000 04/10/2012
12
This is a project by a charity in Exeter, Devon. The group will use the funding to update current systems and set up an IT suite to deliver IT training sessions for people living with disabilities. ....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: 44-60
  • SAM HYDE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Knowledge Asset And Intellectual Property Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/03/2004, number: 1102489
  • Registered at Companies House on 08/10/2003, number: 04925281
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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR07: 124 days late, AR06: 52 days late, AR05: 65 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE DEVON AND EXETER DEAF CHARITY on 17/09/2021
Main office

Units 3-4 Cranmere Court
Lustleigh Close
Matford Business Park
Exeter
EX2 8PW

Objectives

(A) TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO INHABITANTS OF DEVON WHO HAVE NEED BECAUSE OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND(B) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITH A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE INHABITANTS OF DEVON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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