Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 2
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CARDIAC RISK IN THE YOUNG 

CRY SUPPORTS THOSE BEREAVED THROUGH YOUNG SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (SADS, SDS) THROUGH A NETWORK OF AFFECTED FAMILIES. CRY RUNS A SUPPORTER NETWORK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A DIAGNOSIS. CRY FUNDS MEDICAL RESEARCH, CARDIAC SCREENING, THE CRY CENTRE FOR CARDIAC PATHOLOGY AND THE CRY CENTRE FOR INHERITED CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS AND SPORTS CARDIOLOGY
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 28 years

www.c-r-y.org.uk

cry@c-r-y.org.uk

01737363222

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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
31/05/23£3,721£3,417£304£482£5,136£6522.39394
31/05/22£2,853£3,088£-235£441£4,832£3281.37696
31/05/21£1,912£2,374£-462£362£5,067£7443.86893
31/05/20£3,727£3,113£614£500£5,529£1,3295.1102110
31/05/19£3,832£3,390£442£485£4,915£1,131488109
31/05/18£3,771£3,439£332£466£4,473£1,0823.8820
31/05/17*£3,364£2,891£473£475£4,141£1,0464.3810
31/05/16£3,546£3,517£29£471£3,668£1,1403.9900
31/05/15£3,140£2,708£432£525£3,648£1,4426.4640
31/05/14£3,080£2,816£264£540£3,215£1,4906.3540
31/05/13£2,594£2,107£486£449£2,951£1,6609.5530
31/05/12£2,085£2,221£-136£407£2,465£1,4467.8450
31/05/11£1,905£1,827£77£401£2,601£1,68111490
31/05/10£2,147£1,877£270£381£2,524£1,68510.8220
31/05/09£1,923£1,422£501£297£2,254£1,76214.9220
31/05/08£1,569£1,074£495£279£1,753£1,38615.5190
31/05/07£1,264£808£456£243£1,258£93813.9150
31/05/06£945£603£343£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/05£544£495£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/04£492£432£61£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 14.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 42%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 13%
Reserves/Spending: 2.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 18 months
Quick Ratio: 5.3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 93 employees
  • 94 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
National Lottery Community Fund£19,962
Co-Operative Group£11,327
Quartet Community Foundation£250
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Cardiac Risk in the Young
£250 02/09/2022
As requested by the donor towards support for young people with life threatening cardiac conditions.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kieran Joyce Memorial Fund
£3,062 23/10/2021
We wish to raise enough money to continue booking heart screenings in Hereford for 14-35-year-olds. We do not want another local family to experience the pain of losing a child.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to #CRY4TOM saving young lives in SE Cornwall
£2,339 23/10/2021
We intend to fund free heart screening for all young people aged 14-35 in Torpoint, to prevent sudden cardiac death which kills 12 young people each week in the UK. #12AWeek
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cardiac Risk in the Young – #CRY4TOM
£5,926 15/11/2019
We aim to provide FREE heart screening for young people aged 14-35, to detect and prevent sudden cardiac deaths in SE Cornwall.
National Lottery Community Fund - CRY Cardiac Screening in Northern Ireland
£9,962 29/08/2019
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Cardiac Risk in the Young is using a £9,962 grant to run two screening clinics in Belfast and Coleraine for people aged 14-35, to reduce the incidence of young sudden cardiac death.
National Lottery Community Fund - CRY Cardiac Screening Programme
£10,000 31/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to provide free cardiac screening to young people in order to reduce cardiac related deaths.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cardiac risk in the Young
£3,775 19/11/2018
We want to provide free heart screening to 14-35 year olds in our local community in memory of John Marshall.
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Cardiac Risk in the Young
£20,000 14/03/2017
Main Grant unrestricted core costs
Hazelhurst Trust - Grant
£500 04/07/2015
Unrestricted core costs grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Royal Society 2012 Summer Science Exhibition
£10,000 25/04/2012
12
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Surrey. The organisation will use funding to hold an exhibition, depicting the symptoms and effects of cardiac health in young people. This will raise ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-64
  • HUGH MULCAHEY (Chair) Appointed: 2007, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • JAMES BROWN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/11/1995, number: 1050845
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/05/1995, number: 03052985
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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; AR17: 4 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NEIL DESAI FOUNDATION on 22/02/2021
  • Asset transfer in from NEIL DESAI FOUNDATION on 04/08/2021
  • Asset transfer in from BIDDULPH MOOR COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS on 21/12/2021
Main office

1140B THE AXIS CENTRE
CLEEVE ROAD
LEATHERHEAD
SURREY
KT22 7RD

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS,SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF THOSE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM INHERITED AND/OR CONGENITALAND/OR ACQUIRED CARDIAC CONDITIONS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) THE PROVISION OF A SCREENING SERVICE;(II) THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO SPECIALIST CARDIAC UNITS;(III) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE ABOVE CONDITIONS, INCLUDINGTHOSE SUFFERING FROM THE CONDITIONS, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS AND FRIENDS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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