Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

CAUDWELL CHILDREN 

Caudwell Children provides:* Family support and short break activities * Mobility and sensory equipment * Access to life saving surgeries treatments* Life changing therapy for children with brain injuries, and their families* Supported holidays for children fighting life threatening illnesses with their families* Holistic therapy for Autistic children and their families
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 24 years

www.caudwellchildren.com

charity@caudwellchildren.com

01782433933

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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
31/12/22*£8,222£7,450£771£1,244£24,510£4,7187.677127
31/12/21£6,158£5,570£588£762£23,739£4,1508.962138
31/12/20£3,670£4,912£-1,242£656£23,151£3,0087.35862
31/12/19£7,015£5,576£1,439£1,103£24,392£3,1866.961148
31/12/18£6,083£4,883£1,200£1,015£22,953£2,3025.75894
31/12/17£11,361£4,391£6,970£958£21,754£1,8395450
31/12/16£13,823£5,750£8,073£1,026£14,784£1,4833.1540
31/12/15£7,766£6,719£1,047£867£6,711£1,4592.6530
31/12/14£6,258£6,998£-740£986£5,664£1,1351.9470
31/12/13£5,337£5,142£195£845£6,404£1,3513.2450
31/12/12£5,519£5,762£-242£987£6,209£1,7633.7300
31/12/11£7,023£5,785£1,238£1,178£6,451£2,0364.2230
31/12/10£5,237£4,299£937£794£5,213£1,5794.4210
31/12/09£4,701£3,966£736£742£4,275£1,3734.2210
31/12/08*£5,003£5,617£-614£2,015£3,540£7781.7250
31/12/07£4,642£4,771£-130£1,987£4,375£6251.6210
31/12/06£3,084£2,320£765£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£2,679£853£1,826£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£2,723£677£2,046£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 31.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £350,000-£400,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 19%
Reserves/Spending: 7.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 3
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 77 employees
  • 127 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
Spirit of 2012£200,000
Department of Health£78,889
DCMS£68,728
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caudwell Children
£1,289 21/10/2023
We would like to purchase Get Sensory packs to be used by families towards improving their child's development. Each pack will offer support practically and emotionally, alongside the equipment.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caudwell Children
£1,778 22/10/2022
We will work with teams of trained professionals to assess and provide 12 months of support for children who are desperately in need of an autism assessment and then support to manage the diagnosis.
Department of Health - Caudwell Children
£78,889 10/02/2022
We are looking for bids that provide support in the following ways:Supporting the mental health needs of children, young people and adults with learning disability and autistic individuals who may ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Caudwell Children
£947 23/10/2021
We aim to buy sensory packs for children in the community who feel isolated at home. We will develop online and face to face groups so families who receive these packs feel connected to others.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 30/07/2021
Autism Aftercare Support
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Caudwell Children
£4,960 29/07/2021
to provide sensory equipment packs to support children with a disability across administrative Essex, Southend and Thurrock
Cheshire Community Foundation - Get Sensory
£2,000 03/04/2021
Caudwell Children work with disabled children and families to ensure they get the support and equipment they need. The project will buy 15 “Get Sensory” Packs for children in the Knutsford area, ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£68,728 04/09/2020
"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
Spirit of 2012 - All Roads Lead to Alexander
£200,000 26/08/2020
Music and music storytelling project for young disabled people and families inspired by the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Final amount of grant dispersed may differ due to project underspend and within ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 07/03/2018
International Centre for Childhood Disability
Sport England - Can Do Club
£10,000 04/04/2016
4
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Can Do Club'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Can Do Club
£10,000 04/04/2016
4
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Can Do Club. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - Transforming Lives-Family Support Glasgow
£346,228 25/06/2014
60
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Transforming Lives - Family Support South Wales
£219,392 29/11/2013
36
This project, over three years, will work in nine counties across South Wales supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged families of disabled children. They will receive information and support at ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Transforming Lives - (Family Support Newcastle and the North East)
£291,690 02/07/2013
60
This is a new project with elements based on existing and previous work and is to be delivered by Cauldwell Children in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sunderland, Durham and Gateshead areas of the North ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 24-64
  • MARTIN GRAY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Recruitment Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/2000, number: 1079770
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/10/1999, number: 03864620
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 29 days late, AR08: 26 days late, AR04: 2 days late,
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Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF SICK AND DISABLED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS THE UNITED KINGDOM. THESE PURPOSES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND INDEPENDENCE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

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