Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 4
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARERS 

The provision throughout Northamptonshire of services to adult carers and to young carers, including support, advice and information services and Regulated Care, to include provision of services to looked after people that provide benefit to their Carer or family members.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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£4,139£4,051£88£0£1,322£1,0243120200
31/03/22£3,553£3,253£301£0£1,235£7142.696160
31/03/21£2,849£2,462£387£1£934£7853.875200
31/03/20£2,534£2,464£69£0£547£401269105
31/03/19£2,327£2,181£146£0£478£3962.264117
31/03/18£1,945£1,983£-37£1£516£3562.2620
31/03/17£1,695£1,719£-23£7£553£4253470
31/03/16£1,717£1,634£84£0£577£4453.3500
31/03/15£1,422£1,512£-90£3£493£3572.8500
31/03/14£940£1,023£-84£1,023£583£4285210
31/03/13£821£786£35£786£667£4837.4210
31/03/12£867£780£87£3£632£4567220
31/03/11£1,101£761£340£4£545£3625.7220
31/03/10£734£670£64£2£205£1793.2200
31/03/09£618£588£30£2£140£1182.4190
31/03/08£515£510£5£4£110£872190
31/03/07£488£504£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£535£513£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£433£437£-4£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 77%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 4.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 27 years

www.northamptonshire-carers.org

carers@northamptonshire-carers.org

01933 677907

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for the elderly
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 120 employees
  • 200 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund£403,318
Spirit of 2012£239,005
DCMS£199,245
BBC Children in Need£30,372
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Northamptonshire Carers
£16,800 18/10/2023
Purchase of a Sunshine Coach for a charity which works with people with disabilities in Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Volunteer sitting service and Carers breaks
£5,000 05/05/2023
Volunteer sitting service and Carers breaks
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Caring Together
£3,000 13/02/2023
With the current cost of living crisis we would like to open this up to more Adult Carers and Young Carer families across the whole of Northamptonshire. We would like to purchase a wide range of ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Northamptonshire Carers
£2,406 22/10/2022
Bereaved unpaid carers need specialised support as they often experience grief at a different stage to others. We will provide dedicated listening support and peer groups.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Volunteer sitting service and Carers breaks
£5,245 13/05/2022
Volunteer sitting service and Carers breaks
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Ward Support for Patients with Dementia and/or the Frail
£4,000 09/03/2022
Support for Patients with Dementia and/or the Frail
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Northamptonshire Carers
£30,372 31/01/2022
This project will deliver social activities to young carers in Northamptonshire. The activities will result in reduced isolation, enhanced social skills and improved physical and emotional wellbeing.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Volunteer sitting service and Carers breaks work
£5,100 14/12/2021
Volunteer sitting service and Carers breaks work
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Northamptonshire Young Carers Service
£3,781 23/10/2021
We'd like to provide opportunities for young carers to have a break from their responsibilities at home and to meet other children in a similar situation.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Support Parent Carers in the Towcester area
£2,550 15/09/2021
Support Parent Carers in the Towcester area
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring Together
£403,318 28/05/2021
The funding will be used to support unpaid carers working across Northamptonshire. The group is a leading provider of support services to Carers and Young Carers of people with long term conditions ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£7,167 22/04/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Music for Carers
£5,000 23/02/2021
Music for Carers
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Northamptonshire Young Carers Service
£4,140 15/11/2019
We want to provide social opportunities and days out for young carers in Northamptonshire so they can have fun, relax, and meet others .
Spirit of 2012 - MyMusic Northamptonshire
£239,005 09/08/2019
Music project for female carers. Majority funded via Tampon Tax Fund with DCMS. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within agreed tolerance.
DCMS - MyMusic Northamptonshire
£99,623 09/08/2019
Mixed music project involving percussion, music technology, song-writing and a choir. The team will run tailored session for four different groups of women: 50+ carers who have already joined a ....more
DCMS - MyMusic Northamptonshire
£99,623 09/08/2019
Mixed music project involving percussion, music technology, song-writing and a choir. The team will run tailored session for four different groups of women: 50+ carers who have already joined a ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Northamptonshire Carers
£27,710 15/03/2019
36
This project will provide sibling carers support for young carers aged 5-18 across Northamptonshire. Young people will increase their confidence in care responsibilities, peer network and ability to ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Northamptonshire Carers
£3,984 19/11/2018
We would like to be able to offer more regular social opportunities/activities to young carers living in Corby and surrounding villages.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Northamptonshire Carers
£72,311 02/03/2018
24
This project provides monthly group sessions of fun activities for young carers aged 5 -15 across Northamptonshire. Sessions will enable young carers to experience less isolation, increase ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Carers
£361,401 10/01/2018
35
This project will connect carers to each other and local networks of support, reducing isolation through knowing they are not alone and improve confidence, self-esteem and build resilience to improve ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Northamptonshire Carers
£5,594 29/11/2017
We want to provide workshops to support parent carers who are looking after a child or children with any disability or illness.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 56-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/03/1997, number: 1061417
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/03/1997, number: 03328459
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Investment
  • 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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Anne Goodman Centre for Carers
123 Midland Road
WELLINGBOROUGH
NN8 1LU

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE THOSE PERSONS IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY SICKNESS OLD AGE OR OTHER INFIRMITY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO SUCH PERSONS AND THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE (AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AMONGST THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE IN THE CARE AND ATTENTION OF PERSONS REQUIRING SUCH CARE AND ATTENTION). (B) TO RELEIVE POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO BY VIRTUE OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF OTHER PERSONS WHO BECAUSE OF THEIR DISABILITY ILLNESS OR OLD AGE ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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