Finance Score: 8
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

CARERS PLUS YORKSHIRE LTD

Supporting both Young and Adult CarersProviding advice, information and support to individual carers and vulnerable adults. Campaigning in support of carers, promoting carers rights. Encouraging professionals to recognise the role of carers and to work in equal partnership with carers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 gender

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
31/03/23£1,382£1,274£108£3£688£4053.83420
31/03/22£1,121£970£151£2£580£3804.7345
31/03/21£865£701£164£1£429£29352663
31/03/20£642£619£23£8£265£2224.32127
31/03/19£549£493£56£2£242£1994.8184
31/03/18£414£363£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£350£326£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£286£295£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£310£259£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£208£214£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£205£250£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£258£252£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£263£225£38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£280£298£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£290£298£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£261£268£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£260£242£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£204£224£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£294£222£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£198£213£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 33%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 59%
Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 30 years

www.carersplus.net

admin@carersplus.net

01723850155

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Care for carers
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£271,106
BBC Children in Need£119,570
Masonic Trust£52,272
DCMS£42,393
Ministry of Defence£35,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd
£119,070 07/08/2023
This grant will support young carers living in North Yorkshire through a range of activities. As a result, they will feel better able to manage their emotions, experiencing improved wellbeing with increased access to safe spaces.
National Lottery Community Fund - YACs are Unstoppable
£150,000 16/12/2022
This funding will be used to continue their support to the Young Adult Carers community across the Coast and Vale. The service works 1-2-1-in small groups online and face-to-face with the help of volunteers and a specialist staff team who have ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Cost of Living
£1,700 10/11/2022
Funding towards flasks, top-up bundles, warm clothes, information cards, to offer warm bundles and support to vulnerable households.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource
£500 20/10/2022
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‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Network to Success
£121,106 16/12/2021
The funding will help the charity to increase their offer of support to carers and the wider community across the Coast and Vale. They will create a hub and bespoke pathway in Hambleton & Richmond (H&R) that helps carers through their fears ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Freemasons COVID-19 Community Fund
£37,272 08/03/2021
Grant to fund the salary of an Adult Service Worker, to provide support to unpaid adult carers, as well as implement a new initiative; 'Carers Champions' - a online training package for employers and workplaces to ensure the rights of employers who ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£35,000 12/02/2021
Address social isolation by targeting specific groups within the Armed Forces community who are traditionally harder to reach.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£42,393 29/09/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid-19
£10,000 01/07/2020
This group offer information, advice and support to unpaid carers in Scarborough & Ryedale. Funding would be used to employ a specialist team member to focus on supporting carers to find their resilience and inner strength to keep well equipped ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 02/06/2020
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Scarborough and Ryedale Carers Resource - 4
£9,308 05/05/2020
Emergency funding Covid-19 support
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£2,000 23/04/2020
Funding to support the organisation meet the needs of vulnerable and isolated people through delivering essential items such as food and interest packs to keep people occupied.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource
£141,639 26/06/2019
36
The Starfish project will deliver one to one support, group sessions, and a youth club to young carers in North Yorkshire. It will improve their skills, build positive relationships, and empower their self-advocacy skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Adult Carers
£158,218 18/04/2019
36
This funding is for a project for carers who are young adults between 16 and 25 years old. The project is designed to support young carers experiencing a fundamental shift in their lives: from home to independence, from being single to becoming a ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Co-design offer
£9,400 20/12/2018
Developing "living with..." learning workshops for young people with a focus on delivery to young carers around loneliness.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Codesign
£9,400 20/12/2018
Developing living with... learning workshops for young people with a focus on delivery to young carers around loneliness.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource
£7,279 19/11/2018
We would like to provide monthly carers mindfulness sessions, open to all unpaid family carers across Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - #1:4
£9,917 24/10/2018
Funding to support Youth Council campaign for young peoples mental health.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Scarborough and Ryedale Carers Resource - 3
£79,634 11/10/2018
36
To develop and improve key messages, marketing and business plans to reduce dependency on contract income.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - #wecare
£4,500 20/09/2017
Funding will enable the Young Carers Youth Council to collate issues and thoughts of young carers and share this information, raising awareness of the good, the challenges and the barriers of being a young carer.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out - Young Adult Carers Project 16-35
£392,713 08/04/2015
47
The project aims to provide support and better access to services for young adult carers as they transition into adult services as well as parent carers who fall between children and adult social care service. Support will be provided through home ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource
£16,000 26/04/2013
The Charity provides information, advice and emotional support, and provides a voice for adult Carers of children and adults, to make their lives less stressful and more fulfilling, and enable them to be able to cope in their caring role.
Nationwide Foundation - Grant to Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource
£5,000 06/02/2012
Salary costs for Support & Information Officer for 7 hours a week to develop finance service to older carers (aged 50+) including welfare benefits, pension credits etc
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource
£79,381 30/09/2010
24
Towards Project costs Towards the salary of the support and information officer to develop carer support groups, and one-to-one sessions, providing emotional support and guidance to carers supporting someone with a substance misuse problem.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Out - supporting Young Adult Carers 18-35
£170,924 09/08/2010
48
This new project from Scarborough and Ryedale Carers Resource aims to help young adult carers make informed choices about their futures through accessing advice on training, employment, benefits and finance while enjoying social interaction with ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 51-80
  • ALISON MATTHEWS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • DORREE GALLIE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • EDITH HARDY-LLOYD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Self Employed
  • JOHN MICHAEL HUNT (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • JOHN WILLIAM SUDDABY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • LYNNE JANETTE TAYLOR-HOLT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • NEIL FITZPATRICK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Self Employed
  • TERESA BENNION Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/05/1995, number: 1046228
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/04/1995, number: 03042108
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HAMBLETON AND RICHMONDSHIRE CARERS CENTRE on 24/08/2022
Main office

96 HIGH STREET
SNAINTON
SCARBOROUGH
YO13 9AJ

Objectives

To provide a resource for the relief of illness and suffering in such ways as the charity from time to time think fit in, particularly but not exclusively, the North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire areas

Defined Area of Benefit:

SCARBOROUGH AND RYEDALE REGION AND IN ADJACENT AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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