Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 8
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Mainly male board: -1
    • Grant maker support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

    THE NORTH TYNESIDE CARERS CENTRE 

    North Tyneside Carers’ Centre is a local independent charity which was established in 1994. We are the only generic carer support service in the borough providing support to both young and adult carers.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • 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
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • The Board is predominantly male
    Established: 28 years

    www.northtynesidecarers.org.uk

    enquiries@ntcarers.co.uk

    01912496480

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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£758£727£31£0£271£24542516
    31/03/22£757£758£-1£0£241£2273.63016
    31/03/21£848£813£34£0£242£1862.72920
    31/03/20£596£591£5£0£208£1763.62515
    31/03/19£595£599£-4£0£203£1713.42321
    31/03/18£548£555£-6£0£206£1723.7180
    31/03/17£688£677£10£0£213£1783.1220
    31/03/16£590£593£-3£0£202£1633.3170
    31/03/15£613£601£12£16£205£1633.3240
    31/03/14£622£631£-8£15£193£1512.9190
    31/03/13£607£586£22£16£202£1553.2180
    31/03/12£502£503£0£12£180£1433.4180
    31/03/11£516£517£-1£12£181£1313200
    31/03/10£510£505£5£50£182£1232.9200
    31/03/09£526£509£17£57£177£1172.8190
    31/03/08£527£471£56£447£161£982.5200
    31/03/07£464£450£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06*£465£488£-22£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£483£486£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£483£480£3£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 40%
    Liabilities/Income: 24%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 90%
    Reserves/Spending: 4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
    Quick Ratio: 2.4
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • North Tyneside,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 25 employees
    • 16 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£209,845
    BBC Children in Need£103,621
    Comic Relief£87,509
    DCMS£63,364
    Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
    The Ballinger Charitable Trust£30,000
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£27,920
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£10,487
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting unpaid carers
    £9,995 29/04/2022
    The funding will be used to recruit a part-time administrator which will enable to group to increase its capacity to meet demand and support more carers in North Tyneside. This aims to help reduce ....more
    The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to North Tyneside Carers' Centre (The)
    £15,000 04/03/2022
    Unrestricted funding.
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to North Tyneside Carers' Centre
    £1,000 16/02/2022
    This project will provide training and mentoring to a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing ....more
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to North Tyneside Carers Centre
    £500 03/02/2022
    General charitable purposes
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 17/12/2021
    Supporting Carers in North Tyneside
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to North Tyneside Carers Centre
    £4,987 06/05/2021
    Respite breaks for young carers
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - supporting young carers living in North Tyneside
    £10,000 18/03/2021
    supporting young carers living in North Tyneside
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - a respite trip for carers
    £2,920 17/12/2020
    a respite trip for carers
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to North Tyneside Carers' Centre
    £98,741 11/12/2020
    This project will deliver breaks and activities for young carers living in North Tyneside supporting them to develop positive relationships, self confidence and improve their emotional wellbeing.
    The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to North Tyneside Carers' Centre (The)
    £15,000 04/12/2020
    12
    Running costs of young carers' service
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the organisation's charitable purposes
    £5,000 13/11/2020
    the organisation's charitable purposes
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £28,744 05/10/2020
    "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
    Comic Relief - North Tyneside Carers? Centre Recovery Funding
    £37,543 23/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 Recovery funding
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to North Tyneside Carers' Centre
    £3,880 17/06/2020
    6
    COVID19 - This grant will fund mental health training for support workers and the purchase of laptops, enabling the project to be delivered remotely to young carers who are now at home due to ....more
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £3,880 29/05/2020
    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
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £30,740 20/05/2020
    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
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support for carers affected by COVID-19
    £5,000 07/05/2020
    Support for carers affected by COVID-19
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - support for carers affected by COVID-19
    £5,000 07/05/2020
    support for carers affected by COVID-19
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 20/03/2020
    Support for carers of all ages
    Comic Relief - Experts by Experience
    £49,966 03/07/2019
    18
    The project will work in North Tyneside with young adult carers, male young carers and bereaved young carers to identify how improvements can be made in services for these groups. A Research ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Caring for carers in the community
    £199,850 20/06/2019
    36
    This funding is for a charity that works with local carers - enabling them to provide a programme of support for carers and bring them together to bolster their support networks and reduce social ....more
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Support for carers of all ages.
    £5,000 17/05/2019
    Support for carers of all ages.
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Young Carers' Project - Year 3.
    £10,000 01/04/2019
    Young Carers' Project - Year 3.
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Towards the salary and on costs of a family support worker for young carers Year 3
    £37,600 01/04/2019
    Towards the salary and on costs of a family support worker for young carers Year 3
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Carers Wellbeing
    £5,000 30/01/2019
    Carers Wellbeing
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to North Tyneside Carers' Centre
    £5,174 19/11/2018
    We want to provide social activities and events which give young and adult carers a break from their caring responsibilities.
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Support for carers of all ages
    £5,000 03/08/2018
    Support for carers of all ages
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Support for carers of all ages
    £5,000 15/05/2018
    Support for carers of all ages
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support for carers of all ages
    £5,000 08/03/2018
    Support for carers of all ages
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Young Carers' Project Year 1
    £10,000 07/03/2018
    Young Carers' Project Year 1
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to North Tyneside Carers' Centre
    £111,344 02/03/2018
    36
    Time to thrive will empower young carers living in North Tyneside by offering a range of activity groups and 1:1 support. Young people will feel less socially isolated, experience positive emotional ....more
    The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to North Tyneside Carers' Centre (The)
    £15,000 23/02/2018
    12
    Running costs of young carers' service
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Towards the salary and on costs of a family support worker for young carers Year 2
    £36,500 04/01/2018
    Towards the salary and on costs of a family support worker for young carers Year 2
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Young Carers' Project Year 2
    £10,000 04/01/2018
    Young Carers' Project Year 2
    Comic Relief - Young Carers Social Action
    £146,541 27/09/2017
    36
    Young carers face many challenges - time, money and other responsibilities - making it less likely that they will engage in social action. This project will use Child to Child's Hearing All Voices ....more
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Young carers project
    £5,000 19/07/2017
    Young carers project
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards the salary and on-costs of a family support worker for young carers Year 1
    £35,400 28/06/2017
    Towards the salary and on-costs of a family support worker for young carers Year 1
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - 24: Young Carers take social action through drama
    £4,477 15/06/2017
    24: Young Carers take social action through drama
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to North Tyneside Carers' Centre
    £109,500 08/06/2017
    36
    towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Family Support Worker at a project in North Tyneside supporting young people caring for a parent with mental health or substance misuse ....more
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Young Carers Project
    £5,000 16/05/2017
    Young Carers Project
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - To support the salary and on-costs of a family support worker for young carers Year 3
    £35,000 01/04/2016
    To support the salary and on-costs of a family support worker for young carers Year 3
    National Lottery Community Fund - ACES - Adult Carers Empowerment and Support Project
    £365,287 09/09/2015
    36
    This is a new project which aims to bring lasting change to around 2,000 adult carers so that they can have a life outside of their caring role. The project will provide information and training to ....more
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - To support the salary and on-costs of a family support worker for young carers Year 2
    £34,300 01/04/2015
    To support the salary and on-costs of a family support worker for young carers Year 2
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to North Tyneside Carers' Centre
    £103,000 13/03/2014
    36
    towards three years' salary of a Family Support Worker at a project for young carers in Tyne & Wear
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to North Tyneside Carers Centre
    £16,000 29/01/2014
    NTCC is the principal carers organisation operating across North Tyneside supporting carers both young and old to improve the quality of their lives through a range of targeted services.
    National Lottery Community Fund - The YES Project; Young Carers Exceptional Stories
    £848,394 05/05/2011
    72
    The North Tyneside Carers' Centre's (NTCC) five-year 'YES Project; Young Carers Exceptional Stories' will offer support to young carers from across North Tyneside and aims to bring about a ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (6)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 38-68
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/12/1995, number: 1051472
    • Registered at Companies House on 27/11/1995, number: 03130902
    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
    • 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; AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
    Main office

    Floor 2
    Wallsend Customer First Centre
    16 The Forum
    Wallsend
    Tyne and Wear
    NE28 8JR

    Objectives

    TO MAINTAIN FACILITIES FOR CARERS, WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF NORTH TYNESIDE; TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF CARERS WHO TAKE ON AN UNPAID CARING ROLE, PROVIDING PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO ANYONE WHO THROUGH ILLNESS, DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE MISUSE PROBLEMS COULD NOT MANAGE WITHOUT SUCH SUPPORT; TO RELIEVE, AND TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF CARERS IN NEED AS A RESULT OF THEIR CARING RESPONSIBILITIES BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG CARERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    BOROUGH OF NORTH TYNESIDE

    Data Sources

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