Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Poor Liquidity: -1
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 16

POSSABILITY PEOPLE LIMITED

To promote social inclusion of disabled people in South East (1) by facilitating their involvement and participation in the planning and decision making structure of their communities, so that they can have equal rights and a voice and control over issues affecting their lives, and (2) by providing services including advice and guidance on welfare rights, health, housing and employment.

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
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

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Established: 18 years

http://www.possabilitypeople.org.uk/

hello@possabilitypeople.org.uk

01273894040

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£1,633	£1,680	£-47	£1	£238	£182	1.3	75	55
31/03/22		£1,555	£1,555	£0	£3	£285	£220	1.7	70	52
31/03/21		£1,494	£1,391	£103	£3	£285	£170	1.5	62	60
31/03/20		£1,228	£1,304	£-76	£4	£182	£149	1.4	58	82
31/03/19		£1,318	£1,330	£-12	£6	£258	£194	1.7	60	64
31/03/18		£1,405	£1,350	£56	£5	£269	£211	1.9	60	0
31/03/17		£1,282	£1,277	£5	£18	£213	£151	1.4	57	0
31/03/16	*	£1,174	£1,149	£25	£236	£208	£186	1.9	52	0
31/03/15	*	£802	£862	£-61	£145	£183	£166	2.3	35	0
31/03/14		£817	£721	£96	£15	£244	£177	2.9	22	0
31/03/13		£683	£665	£18	£86	£148	£112	2	22	0
31/03/12		£587	£567	£20	£10	£130	£89	1.9	8	0
31/03/11		£500	£485	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£417	£410	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£349	£335	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£306	£232	£73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£189	£205	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 76%
Reserves/Spending: 1.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.2

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Listed activities

Disability

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

75 employees
55 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	£402,277
Henry Smith Charity	£134,800
Garfield Weston Foundation	£70,000
DCMS	£48,621
Sussex Community Foundation	£28,580
Disability Action	£20,711

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Responsive flexibility - Cost of living crisis
£9,609	21/10/2022	The funding will be used to increase staffing and capacity for an oversubscribed service benefitting adults living with disabilities in the community. This project aims to build better relationships ....more The funding will be used to increase staffing and capacity for an oversubscribed service benefitting adults living with disabilities in the community. This project aims to build better relationships within the community improve the physical and mental health of the community and offer more support to vulnerable adults.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	23/09/2022	Community Employment Service
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Possability People
£134,800	26/05/2022 36	towards three years' salary of a full-time Benefits and Tribunal Advisor at an organisation that promotes independent living and provides support for disabled people, their carers, families and ....more towards three years' salary of a full-time Benefits and Tribunal Advisor at an organisation that promotes independent living and provides support for disabled people, their carers, families and friends in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex.
Sussex Community Foundation - Get Set Be Well/Possability People
£9,808	26/01/2022	Funding was provided to help support people in the Hastings area through workshops, regular zoom social catch ups, and workshop discussions.
Sussex Community Foundation - Get Set Be Well / Possability People
£9,808	26/01/2022	Funding was provided to enable them to support people in the Eastborne area through workshopp, regular zoom social catch ups and workshop discussions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Safe at Home PLUS
£9,998	25/06/2021	The funding will be used to provide support to people living with disabilities and long-term health conditions to enable them to reduce their isolation and reconnect with the community. The project ....more The funding will be used to provide support to people living with disabilities and long-term health conditions to enable them to reduce their isolation and reconnect with the community. The project aims to support people during the pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	06/11/2020	Core Agility
Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
£20,711	01/11/2020	The project will reduce isolation of disabled people due to Covid-19 and provide a range of support services.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Possability People
£8,964	29/06/2020	Possibility People provide free, independent information and support to everyone including disabled people, their carers, families and friends. Aiming to support and involve disabled people to have ....more Possibility People provide free, independent information and support to everyone including disabled people, their carers, families and friends. Aiming to support and involve disabled people to have equal rights, a voice and control over issues affecting their lives. Funding will support three months core costs to continue supporting their beneficiaries in their crisis response.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£48,621	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 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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Mental wellbeing
£5,000	08/04/2020	Core costs for a charity supporting people with long-term health issues during the Coronavirus pandemic
National Lottery Community Fund - Steady On
£10,000	03/10/2019 12	Steady On
National Lottery Community Fund - Opening Doors
£372,670	29/08/2019 48	Opening Doors
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	18/06/2019	Advice Centre
Department for Work and Pensions - Work Health Joint Unit External Challenge Fund (2019)
£135,272	01/04/2019	This initiative proposes a responsive service to identify and support patients through the musculoskeletal pain pathway who are in work but currently unable to attend, especially those are at risk of ....more This initiative proposes a responsive service to identify and support patients through the musculoskeletal pain pathway who are in work but currently unable to attend, especially those are at risk of losing employment. It will support people to return to work in an appropriate and sustainable manner. Possability People will offer a twin track support to evaluate whats needed to enable the individual to return to work and help them make appropriate choices and plans to avoid them leaving work completely. This project will also support participants to negotiate appropriate phased returns and enable the upskilling of employers regarding reasonable adjustments and Access to Work funding, brokering flexible, supportive and effective return packages.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Possability People
£120,700	12/12/2018 36	towards three years' salary of a Benefits and Tribunal Advisor at an organisation in West Sussex that promotes independent living and provides support for disabled people, their carers, families and ....more towards three years' salary of a Benefits and Tribunal Advisor at an organisation in West Sussex that promotes independent living and provides support for disabled people, their carers, families and friends
Department for Work and Pensions - Work Health Joint Unit External Challenge Fund (2018)
£19,780	01/10/2018	This initiative proposes a responsive service to identify and support patients through the musculoskeletal pain pathway who are in work but currently unable to attend, especially those are at risk of ....more This initiative proposes a responsive service to identify and support patients through the musculoskeletal pain pathway who are in work but currently unable to attend, especially those are at risk of losing employment. It will support people to return to work in an appropriate and sustainable manner. Possability People will offer a twin track support to evaluate whats needed to enable the individual to return to work and help them make appropriate choices and plans to avoid them leaving work completely. This project will also support participants to negotiate appropriate phased returns and enable the upskilling of employers regarding reasonable adjustments and Access to Work funding, brokering flexible, supportive and effective return packages.
Department for Work and Pensions - Journey to Employment (J2E) grant payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
£15,486	01/04/2018	Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Department for Work and Pensions - Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)
£70,000	01/04/2017	Creating peer support Job Clubs to help disabled claimants get back into employment
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brighton & Hove Federation of Disabled People
£76,500	11/06/2015 24	towards two years' running costs of a project providing a disability advice service in Brighton & Hove
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Federation of Disabled People - Brighton & Hove
£40,000	28/09/2012	the salary of the Volunteer Officer

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-68

GERRY JAMES PAUL ZARB Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

LINDA JOYCE ELISHA Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director

MADDY HAMP (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Volunteer - Disability Consultant

MARK IAN GREEN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Worker

SOPHIE REILLY Appointed: 2008, Occupation: None

SAMANTHA OAKLEY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Lawyer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/05/2006, number: 1114435
Registered at Companies House on 13/02/2006, number: 05706441

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

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
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; AR16: 3 days late, AR15: 17 days late,

Main office

Possability People
Montague House
Montague Place
BRIGHTON
BN2 1JE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN SUSSEX (1) BY FACILITATING THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING STRUCTURE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS AND A VOICE AND CONTROL OVER ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR LIVES, AND (2) BY PROVIDING SERVICES INCLUDING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON WELFARE RIGHTS, HEALTH, HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRIGHTON AND HOVE

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