Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

THE CARERS CENTRE

Provides practical support services, information & advice, welfare benefits service to carers of people with disabilities or long term conditions in LB Tower Hamlets.Carers Independent Advocate service from 1/5/2015
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • 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 £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£873£773£100£0£482£260.41512
31/03/22£658£622£36£0£382£3827.4149
31/03/21£594£535£59£0£346£3427.7149
31/03/20£563£663£-100£0£287£2875.2139
31/03/19£456£466£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£415£435£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£366£352£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£370£349£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£375£339£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£386£346£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£440£392£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£394£354£41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£392£393£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£507£432£75£4£221£2035.6110
31/03/09£476£416£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£481£435£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£443£435£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£386£361£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£316£337£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£314£341£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 5%
Reserves/Spending: 0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 10.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 24 years

www.ccth.org.uk

enquiries@ccth.org.uk

02077901765

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Care for carers
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Tower Hamlets,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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
Trust for London£118,335
National Lottery Community Fund£19,950
DCMS£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Carers Wellbeing Club
£9,980 02/06/2023
The project will run a carers wellbeing club and programme of health and wellbeing sessions to support unpaid carers. The project aims to improve their physical and mental health and address issues linked to stress and anxiety management of their ....more
Trust for London - Carers Centre, Tower Hamlets
£5,635 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-06.10.2020-8773
National Lottery Community Fund - Carers Holistic Fit Club
£9,970 28/01/2022
The funding will be used to support unpaid carers in managing their physical and mental health through exercise and wellbeing sessions. The project aims to help carers maintain their health and fitness leading to an improved sense of wellbeing.
Trust for London - Carers Centre, Tower Hamlets
£112,700 03/03/2021
The funding is for the salary of a specialist caseworker and representation for appeals to the First Tier and Upper Tribunal for unpaid carers and the disabled people they care for.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 07/10/2020
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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carers Centre Tower Hamlets
£3,173 15/11/2019
We want to provide wellbeing and gentle exercise classes to 110 unpaid adult carers over a 12-month period, to improve their health.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Carers Centre Tower Hamlets
£9,700 06/06/2018
Tower Hamlets – An East End history of caring and family carers through time
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching & Supporting more unpaid carers
£9,596 06/12/2017
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This project will deliver a programme of learning and support activities for unpaid carers who are not in employment or education, improving their chances in life.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 23-68
  • CRISTINA SILVA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Designer And Curator
  • EMMELINE DE FALBE Appointed: 2023
  • HASAN KAWSAR CHOWDHURY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • HELEN NEW (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant
  • MOHAMMED JUBAEL AHMED Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Administrator
  • NITIJ ARORA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultant
  • SHARRON CURRIE Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Carer
  • SAFIA JAMA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Executive, Charity
  • ZUNAIRA ASHRAF Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Financial Strategist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/02/2001, number: 1084930
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/06/2000, number: 04024413
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 21 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Carers Centre
21 Brayford Square
London
E1 0SG

Objectives

The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to: (1) advancing education concerning caring amongst carers and the public; and (2) alleviating mental and physical distress attributable to caring amongst carers through the provision of practical help, organisation, support, advocacy and information to people caring, or who have cared for, others who are dependent on them due to disability arising from age, physical or mental disability.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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