Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 2
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

AVANTE CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED 

Residential, Respite, Nursing & Day Care for older people, specialising in dementia care.Domiciliary care for older people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • There is a pension deficit of £1,122,772
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial Data ?

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*£32,636£30,884£1,752£0£59,244£59,178231,0946
31/03/22£30,801£29,048£1,753£0£57,295£57,22423.61,1756
31/03/21*£31,598£30,182£1,415£0£54,352£54,28421.61,3770
31/03/20*£31,160£27,903£3,257£0£52,304£52,23222.51,3259
31/03/19£26,553£24,520£2,033£0£48,245£48,18923.61,2709
31/03/18£24,562£22,506£2,056£102£36,645£36,58719.51,2480
31/03/17£23,887£23,731£156£93£33,536£33,48216.91,3090
31/03/16£27,940£26,785£1,155£136£32,611£32,55514.61,4670
31/03/15£29,882£29,058£824£914£34,117£34,05014.11,1270
31/03/14£29,976£29,190£786£641£34,950£34,90014.31,1220
31/03/13£29,934£28,440£1,494£538£29,943£29,89512.61,1700
31/03/12£30,619£29,467£1,152£493£29,864£29,86412.21,1850
31/03/11£32,097£31,219£878£460£31,001£31,00111.91,1330
31/03/10£27,366£25,717£1,649£380£24,847£24,78711.69880
31/03/09*£26,706£25,945£761£462£24,920£24,85411.59630
31/03/08*£26,837£25,950£887£389£25,596£25,50911.89980
31/03/07*£27,365£25,610£1,755£389£25,034£25,02111.79890
31/03/06£25,874£24,592£1,282£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£27,996£26,584£1,412£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£29,409£28,417£992£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 38%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 23 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 33 years

www.avantecare.org.uk

info@avantecare.org.uk

01795597400

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Residential nursing care facilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bexley, Greenwich, Kent, Medway,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 1,094 employees
  • 6 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Puddingstone Grange Care Home
£3,323 21/10/2023
To help the residents at Puddingstone Grange feel better by listening to the piano and keyboard also singing with visiting musicians.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Puddingstone Grange Care Home
£4,100 23/10/2021
We would like to create a non-profit mobile shop and purchase initial stock, to encourage independence and benefit our less-mobile residents.
Sport England - Stepahead Support Rural Youth Sport Development
£10,000 16/04/2015
17
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Stepahead Support Rural Youth Sport Development'. This project is a Table Tennis project, with a focus on ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-70
  • WILLIAM PURVIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Communications & Marketing
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/05/1991, number: 1002727
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/12/1990, number: 02565021
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
20 returns made; AR23: 14 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR20: 9 days late, AR09: 6 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 2 days late, AR05: 15 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

DE GELSEY HOUSE
1 JUBILEE WAY
FAVERSHAM
KENT
ME13 8GD

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN ENGLAND WHO (I) ARE OF NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES; OR (11) SUFFER OR ARE RECOVERING OR CONVALESCING FROM SOME PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS OR DISABILITY; OR (111) ARE ELDERLY PEOPLE; OR (IV) ARE YOUNGER PEOPLE, ADOLESCENTS OR CHILDREN BY :-1. THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION UPON TERMS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR MEANS; OR CARE AND SUPPORT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHOSE RELIEF THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE FOR WHOM ACCOMMODATION IS PROVIDED OR 2. SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE COUNTY OF KENT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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