Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

CARER SUPPORT WILTSHIRE 

Carer Support Wiltshire provides free and confidential support, advice, information, training and opportunities to take a break from their caring role for all age unpaid carers in Wiltshire and Dorset regardless of the disability, illness or age of the person being cared for.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 22 years

www.carersupportwiltshire.co.uk

admin@carersupportwiltshire.co.uk

01380871690

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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£1,694£1,849£-155£97£380£31425590
31/03/22£1,694£1,712£-18£101£535£4383.153105
31/03/21£1,808£1,750£58£91£553£4533.157170
31/03/20£1,503£1,559£-55£1£495£4263.34196
31/03/19£1,345£1,279£65£1£550£4454.22998
31/03/18£1,247£1,264£-17£1£485£3163290
31/03/17£1,276£1,276£0£2£502£3353.1310
31/03/16£1,373£1,363£10£1£502£1961.7340
31/03/15£1,260£1,234£26£12£491£1941.9320
31/03/14£1,032£1,072£-40£10£465£2202.5300
31/03/13£1,155£998£156£16£505£4425.3260
31/03/12£768£861£-92£18£349£3294.6200
31/03/11*£281£307£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£243£282£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£347£208£139£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£182£187£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£115£110£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£115£110£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£99£90£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£94£92£2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 58%
Liabilities/Income: 31%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 55 employees
  • 90 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset, Wiltshire,

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£107,478
Wiltshire Community Foundation£24,172
Co-Operative Group£9,771
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Life Skills for Young Carers
£9,840 05/05/2023
The funding will be used to provide life skills sessions for young carers in Wiltshire including cookery and money management. The project aims to improve the wellbeing of young carers through ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carer Support Wiltshire
£3,170 22/10/2022
We need your help to run our monthly Carer Café in Corsham and to enable carers to take an essential break from their caring role to look after their mental health and wellbeing
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Carer Support Wiltshire
£5,000 06/04/2022
To support carers living in rural areas of Wiltshire by running monthly Carer Cafes in Malmesbury, Tisbury, Ludgershall and Mere
National Lottery Community Fund - ACE Carers Week Jubilee Celebration
£9,618 01/04/2022
This project will hire a bus and driver to visit four different locations around Dorset during Carers Week which also coincides with the Queen's Jubilee week. The aim will be to celebrate the ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Carer Support Wiltshire
£2,000 16/11/2021
To support unpaid carers living in rural areas of Wiltshire by running monthly Carer Cafes in Malmesbury, Tisbury, Ludgershall and Mere over 12 months.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Courage to Care
£3,816 23/10/2021
We would like to run events for the unpaid carers of Wiltshire's military community, and their families, who provide support for a relative, partner or friend who is ill, frail or disabled.
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Carer Support Wiltshire
£8,586 17/02/2021
12
Remote support for carers in Wiltshire focusing on mental health and resilience with a particular focus on the impact of COVID.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carer Support Wiltshire
£2,784 24/10/2020
We would like to support carers throughout the community by providing free services such as respite care or pampering sessions.
National Lottery Community Fund - Carer Support Wiltshire- Covid-19 Response
£88,020 26/05/2020
6
The funding will enable the project to better support carers through the Covid 19 crisis by providing immediate access to resources and links to support and information based on each carers' ....more
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Carer Support Wiltshire
£8,586 20/04/2020
To scale up a telephone befriending service to support carers impacted by social isolation.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carer Support Wiltshire
£7,511 19/11/2018
We need funds to help vulnerable and isolated carers in Marlborough take a break from their caring role and reconnect with their community.
Department for International Development - Returners Grant Fund Projects
£69,400 01/04/2018
To develop a return to work programme for carers to support local employer sectors
Ministry of Defence - Families in Stress
£131,822 01/04/2017
To support families in stress
Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Carer Support Wiltshire
£15,000 27/04/2016
36
Carer Support Wiltshire aims to ensure that all unpaid carers across Wiltshire are supported through the provision of targeted information, advice, and activities based on an initial assessment of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring Communities Volunteer Project
£169,399 20/04/2016
36
A project to expand a volunteer led support programme for isolated carers. The scheme will include carers cafes to provide social interaction and peer support, arts and crafts workshops to develop ....more
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Carer Support Wiltshire - 1
£80,000 02/10/2014
Supporting the development of purchased training for employers on how to improve carer support in the workplace.
National Lottery Community Fund - Strategic Development of the Charity
£165,234 10/11/2010
48
This project offers support, advice and information to adult carers in the south Wiltshire area, through a range of services tailor made to each clients circumstances and needs, including much needed ....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: 44-76
  • DONNA MOORE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Marketing Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/07/2002, number: 1092762
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/04/2002, number: 04415685
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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; AR11: 18 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from FUN4ALL on 16/05/2023
Main office

Carer Support Wiltshire
Independent Living Centre
St. Georges Road
Semington
Trowbridge
BA14 6JQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY (PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE COMMUNITY IN AND AROUND WILTSHIRE), INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY SUPPORTING CARERS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NONE STATED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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