Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 9

GATESHEAD CARERS ASSOCIATION

We support, advise, represent, advocate & campaign for unpaid adult carers living or working in Gateshead. We aim for carers to have increased choice and control in their life, improved health and wellbeing, financial wellbeing, and are treated with respect and dignity. We provide training & short-break activities that reduce isolation and help carers to have a life of their own outside of caring.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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 gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 17 years

www.gatesheadcarers.com

enquiries@gatesheadcarers.com

01914900121

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£441	£460	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/22		£444	£522	£-78	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23
31/03/21		£603	£534	£68	£0	£275	£275	6.2	20	25
31/03/20		£643	£550	£93	£0	£206	£206	4.5	21	22
31/03/19		£396	£439	£-43	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18		£477	£492	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£571	£560	£10	£0	£172	£159	3.4	18	0
31/03/16		£572	£556	£16	£1	£162	£147	3.2	21	0
31/03/15		£428	£471	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£492	£453	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£423	£410	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£385	£349	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£265	£276	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£226	£240	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£200	£211	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£325	£189	£136	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Gateshead,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
8 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

Henry Smith Charity	£163,600
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund	£6,783

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Gateshead Carers Association
£163,600	22/09/2022 36	towards three years‘ running costs of an organisation providing guidance and support for unpaid caregivers in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
National Lottery Community Fund - Laptops for Support workers
£10,000	02/07/2021	The project will use the funding to purchase new laptops to enable its team of Care Wellbeing Facilitators to work remotely and support more unpaid carers in Gateshead. This will enable them to ....more The project will use the funding to purchase new laptops to enable its team of Care Wellbeing Facilitators to work remotely and support more unpaid carers in Gateshead. This will enable them to deliver their case work one to one support wellbeing group sessions and provide benefits advice. This aims to reduce isolation and improve health and wellbeing.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Gateshead Carers Association - 6
£6,783	05/05/2020	Emergency funding Covid-19 support
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Working Age Carers
£301,868	26/01/2015 36	Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Gateshead Carers Association
£17,500	28/06/2013	This organisation is the principal Carer's Organisation working across Gateshead supporting Carers and their families.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching carers
£262,187	13/07/2011 36	The project will improve the quality of life for young carers across Gateshead, offering choices and control for carers to give them more independence, and enhance their health and wellbeing. It will ....more The project will improve the quality of life for young carers across Gateshead, offering choices and control for carers to give them more independence, and enhance their health and wellbeing. It will provide respite breaks, and group activities such as photography and art. It will also promote awareness amongst employers of the needs of carers.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-85

DR DAN TAYLOR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Lecturer

JAMES IAN MEARNS (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Member Of Parliament

ANN OWENS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor

AMANDA TONKINSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Unemployed

ELSIE JOHNSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

JUNE GORDON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: None

MICHAEL ANTHONY FITZPATRICK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Accountant

MRS VALERIE SMITH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired Social W0rker

STUART COX Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

MARGARET BARRETT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: GATESHEAD OLDER PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/04/2007, number: 1118942
Registered at Companies House on 01/03/2007, number: 06133161

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
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

16 returns made; AR10: 1 days late,

Main office

John Haswell House
8-9 Gladstone Terrace
Gateshead
Tyne & Wear
NE8 4DY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE IN AND AROUND GATESHEAD AT THE DIRECTORS' DISCRETION, THE ELDERLY, SICK OR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN AND AROUND GATESHEAD.

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