Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 23 ?

CARE FOR THE CARERS 

To improve the quality of carers' lives by helping the local community recognise and value the role of carers, and by enabling carers to access the services and support they require.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end but spending has been increasing rapidly
Established: 25 years

www.cftc.org.uk

info@cftc.org.uk

01323738390

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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£1,451£1,369£83£39£2,405£2,31520.337348
31/03/22£1,146£949£197£34£2,359£2,2142832355
31/03/21£957£826£131£36£2,092£2,02529.428324
31/03/20£2,231£711£1,520£38£1,725£1,68028.425294
31/03/19£813£765£48£41£436£3926.224245
31/03/18£831£872£-41£0£387£3514.8280
31/03/17£836£895£-59£23£429£3684.9260
31/03/16*£980£886£94£7£488£4476.1300
31/03/15£890£881£10£24£394£3094.2300
31/03/14£866£822£44£19£384£2854.2270
31/03/13£855£852£4£23£340£2243.2220
31/03/12£911£937£-26£50£336£2142.7240
31/03/11£1,052£1,104£-52£60£362£1972.1330
31/03/10£1,067£931£136£96£414£1752.3400
31/03/09£775£742£33£93£277£1332.1330
31/03/08£750£838£-88£231£244£1722.5490
31/03/07£851£847£4£199£332£1412360
31/03/06£833£769£64£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£804£808£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£827£859£-32£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 96%
Reserves/Spending: 20.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 37 employees
  • 348 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£274,714
DCMS£109,954
BBC Children in Need£71,419
Masonic Trust£62,315
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Sussex Community Foundation£19,980
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Care for the Carers
£9,980 11/11/2022
Funding was provided towards the expansion of their young carers service.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 15/10/2021
Supporting unpaid carers in East Sussex
National Lottery Community Fund - Carers satellite centres
£264,714 15/03/2021
36
The funding will provide the organisation with the opportunity to open two new satellite services for carers in the region. The aim is to reach more carers in the area providing physical social and ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£62,315 14/10/2020
A grant supporting young carers in East Sussex through one to one support, group activities and mentoring.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£79,981 23/07/2020
"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 Care for the Carers
£2,340 17/06/2020
COVID19 - Thsi grant will fund counselling sessions and positive activities for young carers facing further exclusion due to Covid-19. Young people will benefit through reduced isolation.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Care for the Carers
£5,000 27/04/2020
Care for the Carers is the leading organisation providing support for unpaid carers in the county, delivering services including direct support, groups, counselling, an activities programme, carers ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Putting Young Carers in the picture
£10,000 06/03/2020
5
The organisation will run a photography course for young carers, culminating in a photography exhibition showcasing their work with a view to reducing social isolation, providing support and raising ....more
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£19,982 28/02/2020
Young Carers project
DCMS - UK Youth Fund YAF
£9,991 28/02/2020
Young Carers project. The wider aim of the scheme is: To deliver onward grants to increase positive activities for young people by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs for the financial year ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Care for the Carers
£5,000 05/07/2019
11
Funding was provided for the Artist in Residence’ programme, using photography to help carers explore their caring role and share their experiences of caring with the wider public.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Care for the Carers
£69,079 26/06/2019
24
Counselling sessions and positive activities for young carers. Young people will benefit through improved emotional wellbeing, increased confidence and stronger relationships with others.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Care for the Carers Ltd
£6,000 12/09/2018
12
towards one year's running costs of an evening carers information and advice group, providing support for carers across East Sussex
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Care for the Carers
£9,900 15/05/2018
Carers' words, carers' lives: hidden stories - three decades of care for the Carers
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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: 38-81
  • MARY BARNES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: District Councillor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/03/1999, number: 1074906
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/12/1998, number: 03677361
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,
Main office

Care For The Carers
Highlight House
8 St. Leonards Road
EASTBOURNE
BN21 3UH

Objectives

THE CHARITIES OBJECTS (THE OBJECT) ARE TO RELIEVE , IN EAST SUSSEX AND IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE THE CONDITIONS OF PERSONS WHO ARE ELDERLY, SICK OR DISABLED BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO THEIR CARERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST SUSSEX AND IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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