BuDS Disability Service

Charity number: 1102511
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

BuDS Disability Service is a user-led disability charity operating in Buckinghamshire, the Thames Valley and across England. We are a successful, dynamic and influential charity, focused on supporting disabled people by fixing the biggest issues facing them and providing the support unobtainable elsewhere. We aim to build a world which is Fair4All, including disabled people.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £154,564
Total expenditure: £109,223

People

6 Trustee(s)

76 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 05 March 2004: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • BUDS (Working name)
  • BUCKINGHAMSHIRE DISABILITY SERVICE (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Andrew Clark Chair
None on record
Jason Jervis Trustee 16 January 2025
None on record
Fiona Prescott Trustee 23 May 2024
None on record
Felicity Amswych Trustee 13 January 2024
None on record
Emily Clark Trustee 18 March 2023
None on record
Susan Sansom Trustee 24 November 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £13.06k £133.67k £82.69k £99.11k £154.56k
Total expenditure £9.28k £64.42k £132.56k £96.86k £109.22k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £4.44k N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 27 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 13 January 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11/03/2003 AS AMENDED ON 20/01/2004 AS AMENDED ON 25/11/2010 as amended on 13 Dec 2024

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES, AND CARERS, PRINCIPALLY WITHIN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE EXCLUDING MILTON KEYNES ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY; (I) PROVIDING EDUCATION SERVICES, AND (II) PROVIDING ADVISORY AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

PRINCIPALLY WITHIN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE EXCLUDING MILTON KEYNES.

Contact information

Address:
BP Collins Llp
Sterling House
20 Station Road
GERRARDS CROSS
Buckinghamshire
SL9 8EL
Phone:
01494211179
Email:
info@buds.org.uk
Website:

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