Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

CARERS TRUST TYNE & WEAR 

We are a specialist provider supporting Carers and their families. Our objects are to relieve the stresses experienced by Carers and their beneficiaries. We improve the lives of Carers and Young Carers and enable Carers to continue to care.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 27 years

www.carerstrusttw.org.uk

info@carerstrusttw.org.uk

01207549780

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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£835£939£-104£14£268£1221.6470
31/03/22£868£940£-73£24£372£1962.5450
31/03/21£911£893£18£18£444£2613.5450
31/03/20£928£1,082£-154£51£426£2883.2473
31/03/19£1,372£1,324£48£31£581£4444557
31/03/18£1,279£1,354£-75£28£533£3973.5560
31/03/17£1,511£1,389£121£26£608£4023.5590
31/03/16£1,469£1,464£5£23£487£3062.5610
31/03/15£1,451£1,634£-183£55£482£2742430
31/03/14£1,445£1,499£-55£41£665£4343.5610
31/03/13*£1,388£1,297£91£40£719£5324.9610
31/03/12£1,352£1,099£252£44£628£4074.4420
31/03/11*£1,115£1,101£14£34£375£1842410
31/03/10£1,089£1,073£16£27£361£1241.4430
31/03/09£1,055£967£87£25£346£1411.7430
31/03/08£1,008£959£48£23£258£1321.7420
31/03/07£977£961£16£21£210£991.2610
31/03/06*£901£865£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£914£959£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£833£860£-26£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 46%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 47 employees

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
BBC Children in Need£100,498
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund£63,610
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£29,800
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£7,899
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Carers Trust Tyne and Wear - 1
£63,610 13/10/2022
To address the impact of caring on education by providing a dedicated worker to develop partnerships within education and with young carers that build on our existing services, track record and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Platinum Jubilee Street Party
£1,010 21/01/2022
The funding will be used to enable young carers to host an intergenerational Queen’s Platinum Jubilee street party for older people within their community. The project aims to build relationships ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Carers Trust Tyne and Wear
£500 04/11/2021
Supporting the charity's objects
BBC Children in Need - Grant to GATESHEAD CROSSROADS CARING FOR CARERS
£100,498 10/08/2021
This project will provide cooking sessions, forest school and wellbeing activities for young carers in Gateshead. The activities will result in increased confidence, improved positive relationships ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Carers Trust Tyne and Wear
£399 08/07/2021
Purchasing a laptop and robust laptop bag for a 14-year-old male young carer
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the organisations charitable activites supporting young carers
£2,000 04/03/2021
the organisations charitable activites supporting young carers
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - organisational charitable activities supporting young people
£2,000 25/02/2021
organisational charitable activities supporting young people
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running costs to produce and distribute welcome packs and bi monthly wellbeing packs for young carers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
£4,900 18/02/2021
running costs to produce and distribute welcome packs and bi monthly wellbeing packs for young carers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running costs to produce and distribute welcome packs and bi monthly wellbeing packs for young carers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
£4,900 18/02/2021
running costs to produce and distribute welcome packs and bi monthly wellbeing packs for young carers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support for carers in Gateshead affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
£10,000 30/04/2020
Support for carers in Gateshead affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - support for carers in Gateshead affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
£10,000 30/04/2020
support for carers in Gateshead affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000 04/09/2019
WCA Closing Bonus
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - a young carer summer holiday programme in Gateshead
£3,000 03/07/2019
a young carer summer holiday programme in Gateshead
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£8,420 20/12/2018
Project targeting young carers to co-design changes to a library space
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£8,420 20/12/2018
Project targeting young carers to co-design changes to a library space
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£6,500 05/06/2018
WCA 2018-2019 winner
BBC Children in Need - Grant to GATESHEAD CROSSROADS CARING FOR CARERS
£27,830 13/03/2018
36
This project will deliver an activity and personal development programme for young carers aged 5-7 years living in Gateshead. Young carers will be better able to recognise their own emotions, will be ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to GATESHEAD CROSSROADS CARING FOR CARERS
£119,971 02/03/2018
36
This project will deliver a range of services including 1:1, group work, WHISkids and a young people's expert panel for young carers in Gateshead. Children and young people will increase emotional ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Activity breaks for young carers
£5,000 27/01/2017
Towards Activity breaks for young carers
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Mums who lunch
£2,600 06/05/2016
Towards Mums who lunch
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Supporting Young Adult Carers
£6,200 24/06/2015
Supporting Young Adult Carers
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Carers Service
£499,113 03/12/2013
36
The aim of this continuation and expansion project by Gateshead Crossroads Caring for Carers (GCCC) based in Gateshead is to provide support to existing and potential young carers and their families ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Carers Service
£497,193 13/01/2011
36
This project will increase the number of young carers who can access a variety of services in Gateshead. Young people between the ages of 8 and 18 who have a caring responsibility will have the ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 31-61
  • CHRIS TOON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Deputy Principal College
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/12/1996, number: 1059917
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/09/1996, number: 03245594
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
  • 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; AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

THE OLD SCHOOL
SMAILES LANE
HIGHFIELD
ROWLANDS GILL
TYNE & WEAR
NE39 2DB

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY CARERS, AND CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO HAVE CARE NEEDS, AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY, ILLNESS OR AGE BY OFFERING A RESPITE SERVICE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT WORKERS

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF GATESHEAD

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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