Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 13
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

CARERS TRUST HILLINGDON 

The relief of persons with disability arising from age, sickness or physical or mental disability in the London Borough of Hillingdon and in partiuclar by the provision of practial help, service, support, advice, advocacy and information to those responsible for their care, especially spouses, partners and relatives who have an unpaid responsibility for their care and treatment (carers).
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
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£1,499£1,505£-6£19£326£2712.21837
31/03/22£1,416£1,395£21£26£332£3042.61641
31/03/21£1,380£1,341£40£18£311£2882.61647
31/03/20£1,119£1,111£8£19£271£2622.81648
31/03/19£973£946£27£18£263£2463.11547
31/03/18£1,019£1,021£-2£21£236£2102.5130
31/03/17£935£978£-43£18£239£1812.2160
31/03/16£666£731£-65£38£282£1692.8140
31/03/15£540£566£-26£30£346£1743.7130
31/03/14£525£483£42£22£372£1694.2120
31/03/13£493£459£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£453£449£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£455£485£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£498£464£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£537£480£58£27£288£1523.8120
31/03/08£483£486£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£595£554£41£30£233£691.5180
31/03/06£542£497£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£423£394£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£365£353£11£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 2.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Established: 24 years

www.carerstrusthillingdon.org

s.chandler@carerstrusthillingdon.org

01895811206

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Care for carers
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hillingdon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Henry Smith Charity£313,500
National Lottery Community Fund£237,824
BBC Children in Need£122,983
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£83,389
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund£69,316
Masonic Trust£65,289
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Carers Trust Hillingdon
£189,100 01/02/2024
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salaries and on costs of a Supported Transition Officer and an Employer Liaison at a project providing personal development for young people with ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£65,289 20/09/2023
Schools Outreach programme – improving futures for young carers, through one to one support and mentoring.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Carers Trust Hillingdon
£120,000 05/06/2023
36
This project offers intensive help to young carers affected by parental substance dependency and/or mental illness. The activities will help improve emotional wellbeing, build positive relationships, ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - SNOP UK LIMMITED
£2,548 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
National Lottery Community Fund - Carers Trust Hillingdon Jubilee Party
£3,000 18/03/2022
The funding will be used to host an intergenerational garden party in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to provide respite bringing the young carers together reducing ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Carers Trust Hillingdon
£83,389 01/12/2021
36
To support a comprehensive and varied programme of sessions to support older carers feel less isolated, anxious and lonely.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Hillingdon Carers - 4
£60,000 14/10/2021
.To tackle the impact of Covid on young lives by developing our work in schools to address any educational gaps created by the pandemic and to support schools to provide early intervention to young ....more
Department for Work and Pensions - SPANIEL SPANIEL LOMBARD AND ROWNTREE
£8,476 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Carers Trust Hillingdon
£124,400 13/11/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the 'NHANCE Supported Transition programme', for young carers aged 16-25, in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hillingdon Carers
£2,983 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund laptops and additional staff time to support young carers who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, and help them improve their emotional resilience.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hillingdon Carers
£4,207 01/06/2020
A grant of £4,207 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Hillingdon Carers - 3
£9,316 28/05/2020
Emergency funding Covid-19 support
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,983 27/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - COVID19 Rapid Response Fund Grant to Hillingdon Carers
£5,000 29/04/2020
12
To support the organisation's older carers fund, which supports people on very low income with white goods or essentials. The organisation would normally refer to a national scheme but it has ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental health carer support programme
£224,849 31/01/2020
36
The funding will be used to improve the support to unpaid carers of those with a mental health condition. The project aims to develop services that offer intensive support, with a preventative ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Carers app development
£9,975 17/10/2019
12
Young Carers app development
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Hillingdon Carers
£175,000 14/11/2018
60
£175,000 over five years (£34,500; £34,500; £35,000; £35,000; £36,000) for the salary costs of a full-time Dementia Advisor and related project costs of a dedicated support service for people ....more
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£30,000 01/10/2018
Family Support Project activities fund To provide support to young carers providing care where there is parental substance misuse or mental ill health. The project provides intensive, short-term ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Hillingdon Carers
£89,131 28/09/2018
36
Caring Connections - a training, creativity and peer support programme for older carers to mitigate the negative impacts of caring in later life.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 05/03/2018
Young Carers Creativity and Social programme
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hillingdon Carers
£111,000 07/09/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Supported Transition' project, for young adult carers leaving school in the London Borough of Hillingdon
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Hillingdon Carers
£99,715 14/06/2017
36
The project offers intensive help to young carers affected by parental substance dependency and/or mental illness. The activity will improve emotional well being, relationships and improve ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Hillingdon Carers
£75,000 07/01/2015
36
Hillingdon Carers provides a range of support services for adult and young carers. It is seeking funding to support young adult carers aged 17-24 through the transition to adulthood including the ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 42-83
  • MANDEEP JANDU Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Principle Engineer: Datacentres
  • MANPAREET DHALIWAL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Associate Director Of Finance, Performance And Con
  • NOREEN GROVES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Associate Director Of Transformation
  • NUTAN PATEL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Global Print Marketing Manager
  • NANCY RAWLINGS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Brunel Uni Volunteers & Job Shop Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/09/2000, number: 1082297
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/07/2000, number: 04041290
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Carers Trust Hillingdon
Luther Bouch House
126 High Street
UXBRIDGE
Middlesex
UB8 1JT

Objectives

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND MENTAL OR PHYSICAL OR SUFFERING AMONGST THE“CARERS” DEFINED IN SUB-CLAUSE (B) HEREOF;(B) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY ARISING FROM AGE, SICKNESS ORPHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE LONDONBOROUGH OF HILLINGDON AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL HELP,SERVICE, SUPPORT, ADVICE, ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION TO THOSE RESPONSIBLEFOR THEIR CARE, ESPECIALLY SPOUSES, PARTNERS AND RELATIVES WHO HAVE ANUNPAID RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DAILY CARE AND TREATMENT (“THE CARERS”).

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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