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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

SIGNALONG THE COMMUNICATION CHARITY

Development of visual communication resources (signing, symbols and pictures) for children and adults with verbal communication difficulties. Most users have learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorders. Training and free advice provided
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£255£220£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£237£208£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£214£171£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£181£171£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£224£227£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£226£231£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£195£217£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£210£187£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£204£179£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£205£158£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£216£161£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£227£241£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£282£273£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£262£261£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£284£272£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08*£283£307£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£271£264£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£218£217£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£213£212£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04*£258£279£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years

www.signalong.org.uk

info@signalong.org.uk

0330 1200770

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-70
  • ANDREW BRUCE EVANS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Headteacher
  • BEVERLY MCCUE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
  • JOHN PHILIP FRANKLIN (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: It Consultant
  • JONATHAN TATE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Teacher
  • MICHELLE SONGEST Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Hr Manager
  • NIGEL STANCLIFFE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • SHAHNAZ ASHRAF Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Speech And Language Therapist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/07/1994, number: 1039788
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/04/1994, number: 02922636
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
  • Investing charity funds 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR08: 11 days late, AR04: 324 days late,
Main office

Signalong
1 Old Winery Business Park
Cawston
NORWICH
NR10 4FE

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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