Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

INTER CARE LIMITED

Inter Care sends targeted medical aid to rural health units in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The health units we support serve a catchment population of over 10 million and include clinics, hospitals, dispensaries and centres for orphaned and vulnerable children. The medical aid Inter Care sends consists mainly of medicines and healthcare goods that are donated.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender 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
31/08/23£999£1,043£-43£55£84£780.9545
31/08/22£1,066£1,111£-46£52£128£1261.4540
31/08/21£1,045£1,025£20£46£173£1692540
31/08/20£787£748£39£44£153£1422.3550
31/08/19£915£895£19£43£114£1121.5550
31/08/18£957£997£-39£46£94£921.150
31/08/17£837£836£1£50£134£1301.940
31/08/16£899£859£39£49£133£1311.840
31/08/15£1,040£1,089£-49£60£94£94130
31/08/14£891£863£29£45£143£1331.850
31/08/13£926£890£36£48£114£1041.440
31/08/12£811£841£-30£43£78£771.140
31/08/11£915£937£-22£6£108£901.230
31/08/10£572£555£18£9£130£1112.420
31/08/09£567£549£18£7£112£1082.420
31/08/08£391£406£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07£284£241£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06*£495£486£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£358£370£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£359£372£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 0.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 5.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 50 years

www.intercare.org.uk

info@intercare.org.uk

01162695925

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • International healthcare & famine relief
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ghana, Leicestershire, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Intercare
£30,000 26/01/2022
Recycyling drugs and medical equipment from UK to sub-Saharan Africa
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Intercare
£5,000 30/01/2020
12
Recycyling drugs and medical equipment from UK to sub-Saharan Africa

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-85
  • DR JEAN WIDDOWSON Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Pharmacist
  • DR RAJ HIMATSHIH BABLA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Doctor
  • IAN ROBERT BAILEY Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Co Director
  • KATHRYN JANE GARNETT Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Councillor
  • MICHAEL WILLIAM JONES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • RICHARD CRAIG PECK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • SIMON PHILIP MABLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/06/1974, number: 275637
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/03/1974, number: 01162279
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 32 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from MAKENI TRUST FUND on 29/09/2023
Main office

Inter Care Ltd
46 The Half Croft
Syston
LEICESTER
LE7 1LD

Objectives

TO RELIEVE POVERTY DISTRESS AND SUFFERING IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (INCLUDING DISEASE SICKNESS OR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABLITY) AND WHETHER ARISING FROM ANY PUBLIC CALAMITY OR OTHERWISE. (FOR FURTHER DETALS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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