Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -10

Support Score: 5

Poor Liquidity: -1
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Reasonable growth: +1

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Static board: -3
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -7

SPIRAL SUSSEX

The principal aim of Spiral Sussex is to provide evening and weekend activities for young people and adults with learning difficulties. These cover sports, leisure and recreational interests, social evenings, outings and some annual holidays. Also, to provide training and skills through daytime learning programmes.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely male
The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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
31/08/23		£630	£590	£40	£0	£9	£9	0.2	18	40
31/08/22	*	£483	£477	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/08/21	*	£388	£399	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/08/20	*	£289	£294	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/08/19		£367	£341	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/08/18	*	£337	£361	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/17		£390	£383	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/16		£385	£401	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/15		£377	£370	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/14		£340	£351	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/13		£349	£348	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/12	*	£329	£314	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/11	*	£262	£243	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/10	*	£169	£203	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/09	*	£161	£153	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/08	*	£121	£133	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/07	*	£86	£134	£-49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/06		£139	£118	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/05		£90	£89	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/08/04	*	£71	£56	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 93%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.3

Asset Split ?

Established: 22 years

www.spiralsussex.com

admin@spiralsussex.com

03030402860

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Spiral Sussex
£5,000	14/07/2023	Funding was provided towards opportunities for older people with learning disabilities.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Spiral Sussex
£734	15/06/2023	Funding was provided for green screen flooring and props for their film group.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£95,130	19/08/2020	"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 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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving facilities for disabled adults
£10,000	27/06/2019 12	The project will use funding to purchase new laptops. The project aims to improve IT facilities at their centre for disabled adults.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 67-69

GEORGE DUNN STEVENSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Software Administrator

MARC GAVIN FITTON BLACKWELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

MARK WILLIAM SHANAHAN (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Finance Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/03/2002, number: 1091044
Registered at Companies House on 02/08/2001, number: 04263909

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

20 returns made; AR22: 3 days late, AR21: 189 days late, AR20: 202 days late, AR18: 196 days late, AR12: 38 days late, AR11: 18 days late, AR10: 383 days late, AR09: 57 days late, AR08: 209 days late, AR07: 525 days late, AR04: 129 days late,

Main office

Spiral
Unit A
The Hyde Business Park
The Hyde
BRIGHTON
BN2 4JE

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN SUSSEX TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION AND TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRIGHTON AND HOVE

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