Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 2

Good reserves management: +3
Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -2

THE SHEFFIELD CARERS CENTRE

Provision of information, support and activities for carers in Sheffield.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 30 years

www.sheffieldcarers.org.uk

office@sheffieldcarers.org.uk

01142788942

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£600	£803	£-203	£0	£466	£417	6.2	19	30
31/03/22		£734	£729	£5	£0	£669	£385	6.3	19	35
31/03/21		£800	£740	£61	£0	£665	£334	5.4	18	35
31/03/20		£871	£802	£69	£0	£604	£345	5.2	20	30
31/03/19		£780	£687	£93	£0	£529	£273	4.8	19	85
31/03/18		£715	£585	£130	£0	£436	£294	6	18	0
31/03/17		£545	£491	£54	£0	£306	£284	6.9	15	0
31/03/16		£494	£540	£-46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£508	£468	£40	£5	£298	£176	4.5	11	0
31/03/14		£430	£408	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£384	£348	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£328	£339	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£445	£370	£75	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£328	£329	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£327	£333	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£325	£280	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£281	£281	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£263	£232	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£190	£181	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£183	£186	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 39%
Liabilities/Income: 49%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
Reserves/Spending: 6.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

19 employees
30 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
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,429	30/06/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sheffield Carers Centre
£15,000	25/07/2018 12	This request would enable the charity to undertake an appraisal of the different options available for combining back office functions and systems with another local charity.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 55-69

AMANDA JANE FORREST Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Freelance Health And Social Care Specialist

AMANDA-JAYNE STOCKS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director Aj Stocks Limited And Consultant

ANGELA BARNEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Judicial Appointee (Mental Health Tribunals)

ANGELA MARY ROWLAND Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

DR LORNA WARREN, Occupation: Lecturer

MARJORIE FEE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

NEIL MALCOLM BOOTH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Management Accountant

SHIV BHURTUN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Senior Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/10/1994, number: 1041250
Registered at Companies House on 12/09/1994, number: 02966792

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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR13: 57 days late, AR12: 20 days late, AR11: 33 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR07: 20 days late, AR05: 1 days late,

Main office

Floor 2
Dearing House
1 Young Street
Sheffield
S1 4UP

Objectives

(1) TO ALLEVIATE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE CARING OR WHO HAVE CARED FOR ELDERLY, SICK, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR OTHERWISE INFIRM PERSONS AT HOME AND WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES (2) TO RELIEVE AND ALLEVIATE AND TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OR ALLEVIATION OF ALL KINDS OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL INFIRMITY, SICKNESS, DISABLEMENT AND HANDICAP, INCLUDING MENTAL ILLNESS, ATTRIBUTABLE TO CARING, AMONG CARERS AND THOSE PERSONS FOR WHOM THEY ARE CARING (3) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION CONCERNING CARING AMONG CARERS AND THE PUBLIC

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED-IN PRACTICE SHEFFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

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