Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

THE SARA LEE TRUST FUND 

An independent, local charity providing complementary therapies, counselling and creative therapies to people in Hastings and Rother living through cancer and other serious illness; with support for their families and carers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending 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 a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £1,414,270 available, equivalent to 26 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Established: 28 years

www.saraleetrust.org

info@saraleetrust.org

01424456608

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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
30/04/23£654£654£0£78£1,759£1,4142623150
30/04/22£396£377£19n/an/an/an/an/a150
30/04/21£337£332£4n/an/an/an/an/a175
30/04/20£392£377£15n/an/an/an/an/a200
30/04/19£348£337£11n/an/an/an/an/a175
30/04/18£348£344£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£420£227£193£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£272£216£57£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£421£176£245£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£818£127£692£25£864£85981.430
30/04/13£223£129£94£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£145£150£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£113£132£-19£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10£123£114£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09£116£139£-23£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£127£151£-24£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07£186£105£80£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06£117£110£8£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/05£93£96£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/04£55£81£-26£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 26 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 150 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Sara Lee Trust - IT systems for patient services
£8,500 03/03/2023
The project will use the funding to purchase IT equipment which will enable the group to support people who are living with life limiting illnesses. This project aims to support vulnerable people and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The Sara Lee Trust Therapy Centre Sidley
£97,922 20/10/2022
This funding will be used by the Sara Lee Trust to preserve and build on improving the health and well-being of people affected by cancer and other life threatening illnesses. The project is based in ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sara Lee Trust
£10,000 17/11/2021
5
Funding was provided towards their Community Therapy Service.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Sarah Lee Trust Therapy Centre Sidley Capital Request
£248,518 04/11/2021
The funding will finance the building of a purpose designed DDA compliant (The Disability Discrimination Act) group therapy space that can accommodate group activities for up to 20 people or for 2 ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sara Lee Trust
£5,000 18/11/2020
11
Funding was provided to expand the Community Therapy Service (supporting patients unable to attend therapy hubs) to meet increasing demand.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sara Lee Trust
£5,000 06/04/2020
The Sara Lee Trust aims to improve the quality of life of people affected by cancer and other life threatening illnesses in Hastings and Rother. They have launched a telephone and video counselling ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sara Lee Trust
£10,000 15/03/2019
11
Funding was provided to support the growth of the Community Therapy Service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Cancer Aware Community Therapy Support
£7,750 28/06/2018
12
The project will provide training for local businesses, family and carers so they provide cancer aware therapy services.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Sara Lee Trust
£10,000 16/03/2018
11
The Sara Lee Trust aims to improve the quality of life of people affected by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses in Hastings and Rother, through the provision of specialist counselling and ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Sara Lee Trust
£2,699 04/08/2017
Funding will be used to provide counselling and complementary therapy to people living with cancer and other life threatening illnesses.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Sara Lee Trust Therapy Centre, Sidley
£265,734 31/05/2017
60
This project will provide a specialist psychological support and therapy service for people living with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. The group will provide free psychological and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/04/1996, number: 1055048
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; all on time
Main office

The Sara Lee Trust
25 Upper Maze Hill
St Leonards on Sea
TN38 0LB

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RELIEF FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS, THEIR FAMILY AND CARERS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT AND/OR COMPLIMENTARY THERAPY CARE, TREATMENT AND ADVICE IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT TO THE EXCLUSION OF ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) IN EAST SUSSEX

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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