Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

DIAL-A-RIDE (DENBIGHSHIRE) LIMITED 

To provide fully accessible transport for residents of North Denbighshire who are unable to access public transport because of various impairments.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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£258£304£-46n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£334£291£44n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/21£291£235£56n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/20£254£248£6n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/19£230£235£-5n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/18£208£202£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£198£179£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£160£177£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15?£154£164£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£166£158£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13*£179£173£6£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£164£165£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£119£130£-12£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10£119£118£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09£117£113£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£107£109£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07£137£105£32£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06£80£94£-13£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/05£84£83£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/04£96£85£11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years

www.dialaridedenbighshire.org

info@dialaridedenbighshire.org

01745 356906

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Transportation and storage activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Denbighshire,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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 - COVID 19 - Shopping and prescription service
£10,000 19/04/2021
Dial-A-Ride (Denbighshire) Ltd will use the grant to work with vulnerable people who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by collecting shopping and prescriptions running a ....more
CAF - Grant to Dial A Ride Denbighshire Ltd
£3,000 17/04/2020
3
Grant to Dial A Ride Denbighshire Ltd to support the organisation through COVID19
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Dial a Ride North Denbighshire
£21,200 28/07/2011
the salary of a full time Senior Administrative Officer as well as cost of stationery

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/08/1998, number: 1071162
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/04/1998, number: 03546685
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 111 days late,
Main office

Dial A Ride (Denbighshire) Lt
UNIT D6 Morfa Clwyd Business Centre
84 Marsh Road
RHYL
LL18 2AF

Objectives

TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE INHABITANTS OF DENBIGHSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS WHO HAVE NEED BECAUSE OF AGE, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, OR POVERTY, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING (A) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICES; AND(B) TO ASSIST THE CHARITABLE WORK OF ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES ENGAGED IN PROMOTING THE RELIEF OF SUCH PERSONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE SERVICES(C) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF EFFICIENT METHODS OF TRAVEL, INCLUDING THE SHARING OF VEHICLES

Defined Area of Benefit:

DENBIGHSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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