Overall GiG Score: -11 ?
Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: -9
Support Score: 4
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Very static board: -5
  • All female board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +4

NORTH AYRSHIRE FORUM ON DISABILITY 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely female
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 28 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £246,770 £229,188 £237,958 £277,657 £73,536 £65,800
Total spending £226,933 £235,082 £248,474 £247,112 £87,424 £87,419
Surplus/deficit £19,837 -£5,894 -£10,516 £30,545 -£13,888 -£21,619
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
Where it operates
  • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: North Ayrshire
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Access Ability Plus
£139,041 29/11/2021
36
This group will use the funding to continue running the Access Ability Project for a further three years providing a community resource for older people with disabilities in North Ayrshire. Services ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Access Ability Plus
£150,000 26/10/2018
36
This group will use the funding to continue and further develop their Access Ability Plus project. Older people with disabilities aged over 60 will be supported to maintain their independence, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Access Ability Plus
£252,453 11/09/2013
60
North Ayrshire Forum on Disability will provide support through their AccessAbility Plus project. With a focus on older people with disabilities, the project will see the introduction of a number of ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 60-81
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 31/05/1996, number: SC025362
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/03/2010, number: SC375261
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 28 days late,
Main office

6 Wheatley Road, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, KA21 6ES

Objectives

The company's objects are to promote equality and the benefit of all disabled people with a physical, sensory or learning disability, who are residents of North Ayrshire, and to do so in a manner which promotes equal opportunities for all, regardless of gender, race, religion, age, disabilities or impairments, or sexual orientation.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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