Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

STAY UP LATE 

Stay Up Late promotes the rights of people with learning disabilities to having full and active social lives.We do this through awareness raising, advocacy, running our Gig Buddies volunteer service and providing opportunities for people to lead full and active lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 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:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 12 years

www.stayuplate.org

info@stayuplate.org

01273600438

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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£300£255£45n/an/an/an/an/a120
31/03/22£231£269£-38n/an/an/an/an/a105
31/03/21£311£243£68n/an/an/an/an/a145
31/03/20£240£188£51n/an/an/an/an/a102
31/03/19£236£47£188n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/18£194£149£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£137£141£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£144£123£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£85£77£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£59£34£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£43£11£32£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Who works here?
  • 120 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£381,714
Tudor Trust£150,000
Esmee Fairbairn£39,042
DCMS£24,362
Sussex Community Foundation£20,000
The Fore£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Stay up Late
£5,000 17/11/2023
Funding was provided towards their befriending projects.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Stay Up Late
£2,000 20/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
National Lottery Community Fund - Gig Buddies
£371,860 20/06/2022
The project is using funding to inspire socially isolated people with learning disabilities and/or autism to have new ideas skills and experiences to help them reconnect and find things that interest ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Stay Up Late
£20,000 20/04/2022
6
Towards unrestricted core costs for work which challenges inflexible support systems that restrict the lives of people with learning disabilities, especially in accessing cultural events
Tudor Trust - Grant to Stay Up Late
£150,000 29/03/2022
36
over three years towards the core costs of a charity that facilitates the Gig Buddies programme for people with learning difficulties or autism in Brighton and East Sussex and which supports partners ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Stay up Late
£5,000 11/03/2022
6
Funding was provided towards the staff costs of an outreach co-ordinator.
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting our confidence back
£9,854 04/03/2022
The funding will be used to create a series of shareable helpful guides in the form of illustrated resources videos and articles for people with learning disabilities. The project aims to create ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Stay up Late
£5,000 18/11/2020
7
Funding was provided for the staff costs of a Community Engagement Manager to develop outreach pathways, connecting new participants that are the hardest to reach, with a particular emphasis on BAME ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£24,362 11/08/2020
"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 Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Stay Up Late
£5,000 28/05/2020
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Stay Up Late, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Stay up Late
£5,000 26/05/2020
Funding request to employ a part time ‘Digital Communications Coordinator’ to continue this project.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Stay Up Late
£17,042 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Gig Buddies Sussex
£259,015 01/10/2018
36
The funding will be used to expand the Gig Buddies project further in to Sussex. The project supports adults with learning disabilities to attend events by matching them up with a volunteer with ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Stay Up Late
£107,260 26/09/2018
36
Towards work to challenge inflexible support systems that restrict the lives of people with learning disabilities.
John Ellerman Foundation - expansion of their Gig Buddies model
£60,000 26/07/2018
36
Towards the costs of expanding their Gig Buddies model, which matches befriending volunteers with people with learning disabilities and/or autism to enable them attend social and cultural events
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 25/07/2018
Gig Buddies
National Lottery Community Fund - New equipment to involve more people in our community at Stay Up Late
£9,224 07/03/2018
12
The group will replace their existing IT equipment to enable them to work remotely and provide greater support to people with learning disabilities, enabling them to enjoy safe social activities.
The Fore - Grant to Stay Up Late
£30,000 08/12/2017
36
The Fore will support Stay Up Late to meet the high demand it has received from grassroots organisations, other charities and local authorities across the U.K. to franchise Gig Buddies by funding a ....more
The Fore - Grant to Stay Up Late
£30,000 01/12/2017
36
Stay Up Late began in 2007 as a campaign for adults with learning disabilities and autism to have an equal right to 'stay up late' to enjoy concerts, clubbing and socialising. In 2013, Stay Up Late ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Stay up Late
£14,000 20/11/2017
23
Stay up Late is a grassroots charity supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism to lead active social lives. Funding was provided core costs/running expenses.
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£4,000 01/07/2017
Volunteer-led Gig Buddies befriending for people with disabilities, enabling them to attend live music concerts and gigs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Gig Buddies
£202,322 01/07/2015
36
This project in Brighton will use its funding to provide a buddying service for people with learning disabilities to help reduce social isolation and increase involvement in the wider community. The ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Stay Up Late
£45,000 26/01/2015
36
Towards the promotion of a high-profile, user-led campaign advocating more responsive services for people with learning disabilities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Stay Up Late
£10,000 04/12/2014
towards one year's running costs of the 'Gig Buddies' scheme which provides access to cultural and social activities for people with learning disabilities in East Sussex
Spirit of 2012 - Stay Up Late (NLF Comms Project)
£4,000 01/07/2014
Linked to National Lottery Fund Anniversary Run in August 2014 at the Olympic Park. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-62
  • SIMON HUGHES (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Deputy Chief Executive
  • SARAH HOLMES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director Of Development & Communications
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/12/2011, number: 1145040
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/09/2010, number: 07374739
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
  • 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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hove Methodist Church
Portland Road
HOVE
East Sussex
BN3 5DR

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE WITH A PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITY FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO SUCH A DISABILITY AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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