THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITY

Registered charity 1048489 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as G A D

The objects of the charity are to promote the welfare of disabled persons, other than those with a serious mental health condition, within the county of Gloucestershire. To achieve this purpose the charity operates a grant funding scheme and invites written applications from groups and individuals which will enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF DISABLED PERSONS OTHER THAN THOSE WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION WITHIN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Area of benefit: GLOUCESTERSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,512,271, which is above the trustees' stated prudent policy target of two years' level of reserves. The charity operates without public fundraising, relying on investment income and legacies, with total income of £248,126 against total expenditure of £206,497 for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 12/02/2024, 12 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Jeanette Elisabeth Hopkins
• Elizabeth Jane Dolan
• Frederick Charles Reed
• GAIL MCCARTHY
• MAXINE YVONNE KNIGHT
• Nora Elizabeth Lynch
• Patricia Tara Patterson
• STEPHEN JOHN ELWAY
• Sandra Diane Tanner

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE SOCIETY.

• THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE SOCIETY income £160k
• COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £583k
• INCLUSION GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £1.0m
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE DEAF ASSOCIATION income £1.2m
• GARY KESNER TRUST income £163k
• ACTIVE GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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