Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

SUTTON CARERS CENTRE CHARITY COMPANY

The Charity provides advice, information, advocacy and support to "unpaid" family and friend Carers to ensure that they have access to practical and emotional support, and time out from their caring role. The Charity also provides assistance to enable Carers to continue in their caring role whilst maintaining their own health & wellbeing. Acts strategically to ensure that Carers' voices are heard.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

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£749£669£80£13£373£2504.51843
31/03/22£804£682£122£13£293£17131952
31/03/21*£660£631£29£13£172£10422160
31/03/20£563£576£-12£10£142£1142.42060
31/03/19£559£564£-5£9£155£1192.52060
31/03/18£519£513£7£10£159£1283200
31/03/17£560£558£2£9£153£1182.5200
31/03/16£560£548£13£2£151£1353200
31/03/15£621£658£-37£51£138£1292.3220
31/03/14£690£690£0£55£176£1442.5130
31/03/13*£665£648£17£51£175£1402.6140
31/03/12£541£604£-63£43£159£1352.7120
31/03/11*£549£544£5£44£222£1473.290
31/03/10£429£432£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09*£428£338£89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£327£295£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£326£317£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£275£272£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£247£207£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£247£207£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 67%
Reserves/Spending: 4.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 4.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 28 years

www.suttoncarerscentre.org

enquiries@suttoncarerscentre.org

02082965611

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • 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
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sutton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
BBC Children in Need£22,751
The London Community Foundation£9,856
DCMS£3,071
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Sutton Carers Centre Charity Company
£9,856 15/12/2020
5
...is for 2 workers and 2 laptops to conduct assertive, telephone/video outreach to unpaid Carers from the BAMER/BIPOC community, to assess need, offer tailored advice, information and support, and develop new forms of service - to improve mental ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sutton Carers Centre Charitable Company
£19,680 30/11/2020
This project will deliver support groups, one to one sessions and tuition for Young carers isolated due to Covid-19. The activities will result in improved engagement in education, improved relationships and increased emotional wellbeing.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sutton Carers Centre Charitable Company
£3,071 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional staffing costs and technology to support young carers who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, this will increase self-belief, educational attainment and support family relationships.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,071 03/06/2020
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 and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Sport England - Long Term Conditions - Carers Exercise Prescription
£9,925 31/08/2018
17
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Long Term Conditions - Carers Exercise Prescription. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Sutton Carers Centre
£6,335 29/11/2017
We want to produce a volunteer handbook to enable our team to support even more carers.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sutton Carers Centre Charitable Company
£107,564 09/02/2017
36
This project will offer a range of support services for young carers. This will include one to one support, group activities and advocacy. They will benefit through improved aspirations, increased engagement with education and better family ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Carers Personalised Exercise Training Project
£10,000 16/11/2016
12
This project will use the funding to deliver a programme of bespoke exercise activities that will focus on carers who are experiencing the effects of ill health and social isolation. This will improve the wellbeing of difficult to reach people.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sutton Carers Centre Charity Company
£15,000 09/11/2016
12
Sutton Carers Centre provides a wide range of services and support for carers. The charity is requesting funding towards consulting on and developing a menu of chargeable services
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-74
  • ALANA CRISCI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Philanthropy Manager
  • ANNE CHRISTINE DHARMPAUL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Legal Secretary
  • BISSY THOMAS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Agency Manager
  • DR ALAN LINDSAY WOODHEAD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • DR SHADE AJAYI-OBE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Medical Doctor
  • HARSHA GANATRA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Commissioner
  • PATRICK JONATHAN HOPKINSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Safeguarding Training
  • SALLY BREARLEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/05/1997, number: 1062302
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/04/1997, number: 03353573
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
20 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR09: 1 days late, AR06: 0 days late,
Main office

BENHILL HOUSE 1ST FLOOR
12-14 BENHILL AVENUE
SUTTON
SURREY
SM1 4DA

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS [ CAREERS ] WHO HAVE AN UNPAID RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAILY CARE AND TREATMENT OF DEPENDENTS WITH A DISABILITY ARISING FROM AGE, DISABILITY ARISING FROM AGE ,SICKNESS, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BUTTON . THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL HELP, ADVICE ,ASSISTANCE ,SERVICE, SUPPORT, ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION TO SUCH PERSONS. [B] THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND MENTAL OR PHYSICAL SICKNESS OR SUFFERING AMONGST THE CARERS AND THE THE ABOVE OBJECTS.[C] TO ADVANCE EDUCATION CONCERNING CARING AMONG CARERS AND THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SURREY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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