Overall GiG Score: 22 ?
Finance Score: 7
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12

HARROW CARERS 

Support for carers of all ages and backgrounds in Harrow.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age
Established: 27 years

www.harrowcarers.org

admin@harrowcarers.org

02088685224

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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£1,721£1,652£69£0£985£5253.87150
31/03/22£1,697£1,593£104£0£917£5514.27520
31/03/21£1,447£1,073£373£0£813£4565.151120
31/03/20£986£980£7£0£440£911.15080
31/03/19£892£902£-10£5£433£931.24724
31/03/18£738£795£-57£0£443£1071.6430
31/03/17£783£744£40£0£500£751.2150
31/03/16*£652£673£-21£0£460£1362.4150
31/03/15£571£592£-21£7£481£1623.3150
31/03/14£480£453£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£472£371£101£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£502£496£6£5£374£681.690
31/03/11£699£583£115£9£369£300.690
31/03/10£510£545£-35£5£253£2204.8140
31/03/09£526£439£87£4£288£2015.5150
31/03/08£366£381£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£321£339£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£380£330£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£375£336£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£297£193£104£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: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 53%
Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 71 employees
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,

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£520,078
City Bridge Trust£167,900
Henry Smith Charity£127,400
John Lyon's Charity£110,500
DCMS£102,946
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£81,000
BBC Children in Need£63,752
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund£56,873
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting high needs elderly carers and their families in Harrow
£490,110 19/07/2023
Funding will be used to develop and expand support for elderly carers in Harrow. This includes tailored support plans a volunteer befriending service social hub training and online events. The ....more
John Lyon's Charity - Uplift grant to Harrow Carers
£6,000 11/01/2023
Cost-of-Living Uplift
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Harrow Carers
£880 30/11/2022
Grant uplift 'Cost of Living crisis': replacement of central heating for a charity supporting older people in Harrow
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Harrow Carers
£167,900 06/09/2022
60
£167,900 over five years (£32,600; £32,700; £33,500; £34,200; £34,900) towards the cost of a full-time Care Support worker and associated costs.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Harrow Carers
£24,765 12/07/2022
Supporting carers in Hounslow through face-to-face and virtual advice, guidance, form filling and signposting
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Harrow Carers
£8,800 06/05/2022
replacement of central heating for a charity supporting older people in Harrow
National Lottery Community Fund - Old Lyonians Community
£10,000 07/01/2022
The funding will be used to fund a community venue. The project aims to offer a safe and socially distanced place where carers and those they care for can take part in activities network and get the ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Harrow Carers
£81,000 01/07/2021
36
To employ an engagement worker to reach out and support more carers in Harrow.
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Harrow Carers
£4,000 15/06/2021
Young Carers Service Holiday Respite Activities
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Harrow Carers
£90,000 10/03/2021
36
Young Carers Manager salary
Masonic Trust - MCF Freemasons COVID-19 Community Fund
£28,500 08/03/2021
Grant to fund the salary of a Specialist Parent-Carer Support Advice Worker to support vulnerable parent-carers in Harrow, caring for a child/children with a range of disabilities and/or additional ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Harrow Carers
£60,806 18/12/2020
This project will deliver a young carers support service in Harrow for 6-18 year olds and support them to be safer and less isolated and have increased wellbeing.
John Lyon's Charity - COVID-19 grant to Harrow Carers
£6,500 21/08/2020
6
COVID-19: LCR Wave 3 - Part-time Youth Worker
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£100,000 11/08/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Harrow Carers
£2,946 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund salary costs, mobile costs, Zoom subscription and materials for activities to support children and young people who are young carers and are isolated at home due to ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£2,946 21/05/2020
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
CAF - Grant to Harrow Carers
£5,000 20/05/2020
3
Grant to Harrow Carers to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Harrow Carers Covid-19 response
£9,968 24/04/2020
12
The funding will be used to provide well-being support advice and carry out daily tasks for unpaid carers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 13/03/2020
Supporting adult carers in Harrow
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Harrow Carers - 2
£56,873 10/10/2019
24
To recruit a consultant who will carry out an options appraisal and support the implementation of replacing our carers’ centre building, and a Business Development Manager who will expand our ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Carers Together Project
£10,000 19/09/2019
12
Carers Together Project
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Harrow Carers
£127,400 11/09/2019
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Service Manager at the Information, Advice and Wellbeing Service, providing support to carers with mental health issues in the London ....more
John Lyon's Charity - SHAF grant to Harrow Carers
£4,000 29/06/2019
12
Harrow Young Carers
The Childhood Trust - Christmas Challenge 2018
£3,000 04/12/2018
To reach 250 new young carers (who are often overlooked by school and social services) in Harrow over 2 years to help them cope with their caring roles, support their education and improve their life ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 17/09/2018
Supporting more vulnerable carers in Harrow
National Lottery Community Fund - Carers Early Intervention Project
£10,000 13/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver outreach activities that are designed to support hidden carers. The project aims to reduce isolation, enhance social wellbeing and improve access to support ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Harrow Carers
£3,865 29/11/2017
We want to replace the overhead projector in our Main Activity Hall with a modern one.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Harrow Carers
£29,996 10/05/2017
36
This project will offer support to young carers, specifically targeting those who may be hard to reach. Young people will benefit through improved ability to make choices, manage their emotions and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Care to Get Active
£9,954 11/04/2017
12
This project will deliver a range of engaging activities and events for isolated carers, increasing opportunities for social interaction and improving wellbeing,
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Harrow Carers
£116,600 09/06/2016
36
towards three years' salary of the Adult Services Manager and running costs of a project that provides psychosocial support to carers in the London Borough of Harrow
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Harrow Carers
£183,200 18/05/2015
36
HomeShare partner programme
True Colours Trust - To support its Carers Mentoring Scheme
£5,000 08/04/2015
To support its Carers Mentoring Scheme
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Harrow Carers - 1
£83,400 02/10/2014
Harrow Carers is at a turning point in its development. Our grant is funding a new Carers Centre Manager post to take on the responsibility and line-management for the service delivery contracts, ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Harrow Carers
£78,000 25/09/2014
36
£78,000 over three years (£37,100; £26,400; £14,500) towards the cost of a Respite Homecare Project Co-ordinator, service subsidy, running and management costs.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Harrow Carers
£58,500 12/09/2013
24
towards two years' funding of a Mental Health Project Worker at a project providing support to carers in the London Borough of Harrow
National Lottery Community Fund - INCREASING CONFIDENCE & WELLBEING - Older Carers Support in Harrow
£292,194 13/03/2013
36
This existing project aims to prevent isolation, ill health and financial exclusion for older carers, who may have deteriorating health or dementia themselves, to enable them to live fuller lives. It ....more
Sport England - Sports for well being
£8,100 12/02/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Sports for well being '. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-84
  • PETER KEEBLE Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Local Government Officer
  • PETER JONES Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Business Analyst
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/04/1997, number: 1062149
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/02/1997, number: 03325055
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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; AR16: 1 days late, AR04: 24 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE LONDON CARERS' CENTRES CONSORTIUM on 01/04/2021
Main office

Harrow Carers
376-378 Pinner Road
Harrow
HA2 6DZ

Objectives

FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY ARISING FROM AGE, SICKNESS OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARROW, AND WHO ARE DEPENDENT ON OTHERS FOR THEIR DAILY CARE BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL HELP, ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, SERVICE, SUPPORT, ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION TO SPOUSES, PARTNERS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE THE UNPAID RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DAILY CAR AND TREATMENT. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND MENTAL OR PHYSICAL SICKNESS OF SUFFERING AMONGST THE CARERS.[B] THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND MENTAL OR PHYSICAL SICKNESS OR SUFFERING AMONGST THE CARERS DEFINED IN THE ABOVE PROJECT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HARROW

Data Sources

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