Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

DIFFERENCE

To achieve our objectives of increasing equality and tackling discrimination, we will:1. Raise awareness of disability discrimination and influence public opinion and policy.2. Represent and speak out about the needs and concerns of disabled people.0001
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • Returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
01/01/24*£127£99£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/23*£101£76£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/22£68£67£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/21£70£58£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/20*£22£18£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/19*£16£13£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/01/18*£16£13£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.differencenortheast.org.uk

hello@differencenortheast.org.uk

07817619333

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following 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 - Delivering Difference in the North East
£238,984 17/02/2021
36
The funding will help to amplify the voices of disabled people in the region with a view to increasing employment prospects through peer and mentoring support training disability champions in the workplaces and raising awareness and training of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - North East Digital Accessibility Project
£10,000 21/10/2020
6
The funding will be used to deliver training to organisations and charities which support people with disabilities. The project aims to improve accessibility to online services that have been developed in response to the pandemic.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Developing and testing an educational resource to deliver disability awareness and equality training.
£7,500 21/02/2020
Developing and testing an educational resource to deliver disability awareness and equality training.
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting out of the house: what stops disabled folk participating in public life
£10,000 10/01/2020
5
The funding will be used to conduct collaborative research with disabled people to help improve issues they may face in everyday life. The project aims to establish barriers that stop disabled people leaving the house and going places.
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing Difference across the North East
£72,986 16/04/2019
36
The funding is for a project designed to protect and promote the rights of disabled people in the North East of the country. The project aims to amplify the voices of disabled people ' especially those at risk of isolation - in the region, to ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Organisational development worker
£5,000 14/11/2018
To support an organisational development worker.
County Durham Community Foundation - Online digital engagement platform
£3,000 27/11/2017
Towards online digital engagement platform.
National Lottery Community Fund - Organisational & capacity development
£10,000 04/10/2017
12
The project will hire a development worker to grow their services and provide a membership network, collective advocacy and peer support for disabled people across the North East. This will enable disabled people to access their rights, and give ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CAROLINE MACDONALD Appointed: 2023
  • GILLIAN LATHAN Appointed: 2017
  • NICKY EREVIK Appointed: 2017
  • VALERIE MILNES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/12/2016, number: 1170789
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
7 returns made; AR24: 11 days late, AR23: 83 days late, AR20: 37 days late, AR19: 65 days late, AR18: 6 days late,
Main office

49 WANTAGE ROAD
DURHAM
DH1 1LP

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION IN RELATION TO DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND BY AIMING TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER FACTORS WHICH EXCLUDE DISABLED PEOPLE FROM BEING EQUAL PARTICIPANTS IN COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY; AND HIGHLIGHTING THE WAYS IN WHICH DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION IS EXPERIENCED IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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