Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

SANDWELL YOUNG CARERS 

Sandwell Young Carers is a registered charity set up to identify and support children and young people aged 5-18 years of age whose health, education and social lives are affected as a result of caring for a dependent family member.The organisation offers one to one and group support along with onsite youth and play sessions and offsite day trips to give young carers a break.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 24 years

www.sandwellyc.org.uk

tracey.hawkins@sandwellyc.org.uk

01215257667

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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£233£288£-55n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£282£300£-18n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/21*£332£339£-7n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/20£233£288£-55n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/19£290£292£-2n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/18£299£297£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£316£255£61£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£248£256£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£324£337£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£272£312£-40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£282£273£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£240£226£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£277£314£-37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£313£333£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£293£319£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£312£291£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£232£243£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£215£219£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£177£215£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£182£207£-24£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sandwell,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 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
BBC Children in Need£97,831
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund£59,960
DCMS£43,800
National Lottery Community Fund£29,900
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Carers - The Voice
£9,900 13/01/2023
The funding will be used to run a project supporting 16 young carers in creating a film that will enable them to 'tell their stories' to raise awareness of the challenges they face the obstacles they ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sandwell Young Carers Project
£97,831 03/02/2022
This project will provide health and wellbeing activities for young carers in Sandwell. The project will result in improved mental health, reduced social isolation and increased opportunities for ....more
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Sandwell Young Carers - 2
£59,960 14/10/2021
The grant application will improve 180 young carers educational outcomes and opportunities for their future through a programme of awareness raising in schools/colleagues and direct support to young ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Creative Young Carers
£10,000 25/03/2021
8
The funding will be used to buy musical equipment hire tutors and purchase staging equipment to support the creative learning of young carers in Sandwell. The project aims to improve wellbeing ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£43,800 05/10/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Carers Together Project
£10,000 04/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to run drama based workshops and role play performances relating to the challenges that many young carers face in their caring role. The project aims to raise community ....more
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£10,000 20/12/2018
Developing a space with young carers
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£10,000 20/12/2018
Developing a space with young carers
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sandwell Young Carers Project
£79,725 02/03/2018
36
This project will provide support to young carers. Through one-to-one and group sessions these young carers will improve their social skills, develop their ability to cope with caring ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring, Giving, Living
£267,762 01/06/2016
36
This project will provide advice and support to children and young people aged 5 – 18 whose health, education and social lives are affected by caring for a dependent family member. ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Young Carers
£30,000 29/04/2014
support fo young carers in Sandwell, affected as a result of caring for a dependent family member. Provision of advocacy, one to one and group support, and access to activities that offer a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Time out for Carers
£10,000 12/12/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in Sandwell, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to create an outdoor communal area for young carers. This will provide the beneficiaries with a safe area ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring today, Living tomorrow
£239,600 12/07/2012
36
This new project aims to identify and support children and young people aged 5-18 years of age whose health, education and social lives are adversely affected as a direct result of caring for a ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 21-91
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/06/2000, number: 1081084
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/09/1999, number: 03835055
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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; AR21: 3 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR10: 15 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

THE OLD VICARAGE
44 BRATT STREET
WEST BROMWICH
WEST MIDLANDS
B70 8SB

Objectives

TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF YOUNG CARERS(YOUNG CARERS BEING DEFINED AS PERSONS UP TO THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS WHO LIVES ARE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO CARE FOR SOMEONE AT HOME)WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX,SEXUAL ORIENTATION,NATIONALITY,ETHNIC OR NATIONAL ORIGINS,RACE,COLOUR,DISABILITY,POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES,VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND THE LOCAL INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:A)PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS AND,B)ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THOSE PERSONS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVISION OF A COUNSELLING SERVICE ANDC)PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SANDWELL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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