Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

CASTEL FROMA NEURO CARE LIMITED

The principal activity of the charity is the provision of high standard nursing care and accommodation for individuals with neurological conditions who have complex needs. The charity operates two care centres based in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire providing 24 hour care and accommodation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£7,946£8,615£-670£62£10,537£6,2648.72056
31/03/22£7,398£7,749£-351£33£11,123£6,79810.51962
31/03/21£7,849£8,548£-698£62£11,477£7,152102053
31/03/20£7,949£7,928£21£53£11,744£7,41911.21834
31/03/19£7,405£7,498£-94£65£11,730£7,44111.918512
31/03/18£7,093£6,789£304£80£11,497£7,16912.71810
31/03/17£7,094£6,839£255£146£10,894£6,57111.51770
31/03/16£6,127£5,638£489£26£10,903£6,584141500
31/03/15*£5,269£5,025£245£159£10,400£6,09214.51500
31/03/14*£5,707£5,262£445£233£10,155£5,83113.31600
31/03/13*£5,067£5,011£56£457£9,711£5,39912.91520
31/03/12£12,917£3,320£9,597£208£9,655£5,34719.31110
31/03/11£3,501£3,501£0£117£245£2040.71050
31/03/10£3,500£3,489£11£78£245£2010.7850
31/03/09?*£4,226£4,199£27£94£234£1820.5850
31/12/07£3,254£3,265£-10£17£207£1770.71640
31/12/06£3,337£3,337£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£3,182£3,167£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£2,484£2,294£190n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 59%
Reserves/Spending: 8.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 21 years

www.castelfroma.org.uk

info@castelfroma.org.uk

01926427216

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • 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
Wolfson Foundation£75,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£55,000
DCMS£45,300
National Lottery Community Fund£9,988
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Castel Froma Neuro Care
£75,000 07/12/2022
Extension of home (Helen Ley site) for people with neurological conditions or acquired brain injury
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 11/03/2022
Castel Froma Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - CFNC Sensory Room
£9,988 14/01/2022
The funding will be used to provide a new sensory room for people with Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (PDOC) The project aims to provide much needed therapy for extremely vulnerable people with PDOC.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£25,000 02/10/2020
Castel Froma Neuro Care Covid- 19 Emergency Funding
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£45,300 05/08/2020
"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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 23/10/2017
Repair and Replacement of Helen Ley Care and Therapy Centre Roof
National Lottery Community Fund - Castel Froma Healthy Living Programme
£71,181 16/10/2012
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This development of a small scale pilot will deliver an exercise and lifestyle management programme to disabled residents of the Castel Froma rehabilitation centre which looks after people who require care due to severe brain damage resulting from ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Mobility
£10,000 12/01/2012
12
Castel Froma in Leamington Spa, West Midlands, intend to replace their old mobility vehicle which is used for people living with severe brain injury. This will enable the group to continue to serve this vulnerable community.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 62-82
  • CAROLINE WILSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Academic
  • DAVID LEIGH-HUNT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Solicitor
  • DR DAVID EDWARD STABLEFORTH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Consultant Physician
  • GRAHAM MURRELL Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director
  • JOHN EVISON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • LESLEY MARY HOLIDAY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director
  • STEPHEN JOHN NICKLIN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • SARAH JANE HEALES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Implementation Specialist
  • STEPHANIE KATE SEELEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/12/2003, number: 1100965
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/05/2003, number: 04777559
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; AR15: 0 days late, AR14: 21 days late, AR13: 8 days late, AR09: 1 days late,
Main office

Lillington House
93 Lillington Road
LEAMINGTON SPA
CV32 6LL

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES BY THE PROVISION OF CARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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