Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

ATTEND 

To promote the efficiency and effectiveness of charities and the promotion of the voluntary sector for the benefit of the public by associating together volunteers and organisations in a common effort to promote charitable purposes (including the promotion of health and the relief of financial hardship).
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £90,959 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 18 years

www.attend.org.uk

info@attend.org.uk

02073072570

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
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£536£649£-113£46£-91£-91-1.7620
31/03/22£718£723£-4£57£22£220.4620
31/03/21£732£630£103£43£26£260.5615
31/03/20£780£802£-22£84£-94£-94-1.41220
31/03/19£926£1,044£-118£96£-73£-73-0.81567
31/03/18£1,116£1,010£106£105£45£450.5150
31/03/17£982£1,010£-29£19£-61£-61-0.7120
31/03/16£1,069£967£103£19£-32£-32-0.4120
31/03/15£941£1,057£-116£83£-135£-135-1.5100
31/03/14£877£993£-116£45£-19£-19-0.290
31/03/13£1,062£1,021£41£61£97£971.190
31/03/12£1,258£1,338£-80£92£56£560.5110
31/03/11£1,540£1,827£-287£121£135£1210.8140
31/03/10£1,698£1,839£-141£156£423£3182.1170
31/03/09£1,258£1,887£-628£110£564£2811.8160
31/03/08£1,797£1,607£190£90£800£3122.3170
31/03/07*£1,291£1,423£-133£89£610£3793.2150

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 211%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: -1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 6 employees
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
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
Trust for London£85,000
City Bridge Trust£80,700
National Lottery Heritage Fund£53,300
Henry Smith Charity£39,700
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 05/11/2021
Making life worth living – befriending isolated brain injury survivors and supporting them vocationally
London Catalyst - Attend - 3
£2,000 07/09/2021
Community connector - building bridges between local people and elderly residents in residential care homes
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 01/05/2020
Step up - Tailored support for young people with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Attend
£80,700 26/09/2019
24
£80,700 over two further and final years (£39,800, £40,900) for a part time (0.5fte) salary of a Friends of Dementia Project Lead and associated project costs.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Attend
£53,300 07/08/2019
Voices of the first volunteers of the NHS
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Attend
£39,700 26/06/2019
24
towards two years' salary and project costs for continuation funding of a Spiritual Care Advisor to embed links with Christian communities to enhance volunteer-led spiritual care in 5 care homes in ....more
Trust for London - Attend
£85,000 13/06/2019
36
The funding is to help Acquired Brain Injured (ABI) survivors and their employers understand the barriers to progression in employment for this group of low paid disabled workers. It will develop and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Everyone's a Winner
£9,804 15/02/2019
12
The project will facilitate peer to peer support sessions. The aim is to support carers of those with acquired brain injury.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 11/10/2018
Drop-In Job Club - Vocational Rehabilitation Support for Every Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Survivor
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Attend
£11,000 17/07/2018
purchase of desktops, laptops and comms equipment for a charity which works with disabled people in London
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Attend
£37,626 27/06/2018
24
Walking through the walls - bringing life and wellbeing to the elders in residential care homes
National Lottery Community Fund - ABI Navigation
£396,828 29/11/2017
60
The project aims to support people with brain injuries and their families upon discharge from hospital. Home visits will be provided along with structured coaching, training and support sessions to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Step-Up (Support for young people with an acquired brain injury)
£9,787 08/03/2017
12
This is a project by a charity in Westminster serving people across London. The group will run a pilot project focused on the rehabilitation of young people living with the effects of acquired brain ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Attend
£120,000 24/05/2016
36
£120,000 over three years (£39,000; £40,000; £41,000) towards the part-time salary and associated running costs of a Friends of Dementia Project Lead, to strengthen the links between care home ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - ABI Lifeline
£380,147 17/06/2015
36
This project is based on a successful pilot and will address isolation experienced by people with learning disabilities by developing lasting friendships with local volunteers based on shared ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Life after Stroke
£359,435 26/01/2015
47
Not Available
London Catalyst - Attend - 1
£5,000 27/11/2013
To train carers of adults with acquired brain injury (ABI) to coach new carers
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteering Solutions for People with Acquired Brain Injury
£293,833 19/01/2012
36
This project will support people with an acquired brain injury (ABI) to re-build their confidence, self-esteem and motivation, as well as developing skills to increase their life chances. Clients ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-87
  • BRIDGET FOLEY Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Senior Professional Development Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/02/2006, number: 1113067
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/02/2006, number: 05713403
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
17 returns made; AR07: 2 days late,
Main office

The Kings Fund
11-13 Cavendish Square
London
W1G 0AN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROMOTE CHARITABLE PURPOSES (INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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