Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

CARAWAY 

To identify and meet the pastoral and spiritual needs of older people, in the community. To develop a team of Anna Chaplains and volunteers.To visit and resource care homes.To build bridges between churches and their local community within the City of Southampton, between voluntary and statutory bodies and between the generations in our society for the benefit of older people
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£48,944£37,663£11,28170
31/03/22£34,716£31,281£3,43540
31/03/21£43,598£19,216£24,38225
31/03/20£7,990£9,462£-1,47210
31/03/19£22,747£10,094£12,6534
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.caraway.uk.com

caraway@caraway.uk.com

07971074515

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Southampton City,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 70 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£35,000
DCMS£9,981
National Lottery Community Fund£9,790
Charles Hayward Foundation£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Caraway Memory Cafes
£9,790 16/09/2022
The funding will be used to employ a co-ordinator to support and connect with both clients and volunteers promote and ensure quality of cafes for people with dementia as well as promoting 3 new cafes ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Caraway
£35,000 16/02/2021
36
towards three years' salary and project costs of expanding the work of the Anna Chaplaincy on the west side of Southampton.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Caraway
£3,000 21/12/2020
Virtual Holidays @ Home for older people
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,981 28/09/2020
"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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Addressing loneliness and social isolation among older people in South
£9,999 06/09/2018
11
The funding will be used to support activities for older people in the community. The project aims to address issues around isolation and bring the community together.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/03/2018, number: 1177743
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 risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

59 Brookvale Road
Highfield
SOUTHAMPTON
SOUTHAMPTON
Hampshire
SO17 1QS

Objectives

GATHERING THE HARVEST IN OUR LATER YEARS“O PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY VIRTUE OF THEIR AGE THROUGH BY PROVIDING SUCH SUPPORT AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE TO ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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