Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 11
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

CARLISLE KEY 

Work with young people aged 16-25 years of age who are homeless or experiencing housing & related issues by the provision of advice, support and accommodation
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 21 years

www.carlislekey.co.uk

admin@carlislekey.co.uk

01228595566

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UN SDGs
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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£287£265£21n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£331£249£81n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/21£355£248£107n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/20£143£171£-28n/an/an/an/an/a8
31/03/19£89£99£-9n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£120£89£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£123£97£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£91£79£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£93£66£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£68£61£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£64£46£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£36£57£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£85£77£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£79£73£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£63£61£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£51£52£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£47£50£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£36£46£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£83£51£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
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
Henry Smith Charity£150,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£52,250
DCMS£46,020
Tudor Trust£43,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Cumbria Community Foundation£14,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
CAF£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Carlisle Key
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Cumbria Community Foundation - HS Award 2022 - Donor Advised
£500 23/02/2022
HS Award 2022 - Activities for young people
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carlisle Key
£4,068 23/10/2021
We'd like to renovate a space where young people can receive counselling. We have limited space in our drop-in so we would like to make our foodbank room into a multi-purpose space.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Carlisle Key
£50,000 20/10/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Carlisle Key
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Carlisle Key
£150,000 11/08/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of an organisation providing support for young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Carlisle and Cumbria.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Carlisle Key
£3,000 15/07/2021
Organisational charitable activities supporting young people to access training and employment
Wates Family Enterprise Trust - Carlisle Key Youth drop-in Centre - May 2021
£5,000 18/05/2021
Funding towards the continuation of the drop-in service.
Cumbria Community Foundation - Project and Outreach Worker's salary
£5,000 05/05/2021
Project and Outreach Worker's salary
Cumbria Community Foundation - HS 2021 Donor Directed - Cooking Workshops
£500 11/03/2021
HS 2021 Donor Directed - Cooking Workshops
National Lottery Community Fund - Carlisle Key Drop-in Service
£10,000 05/02/2021
12
The funding will be used to continue to deliver a drop-in service for young people (16-25 years) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Carlisle. This will provide participants with a wide ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Carlisle Key
£2,000 04/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the organisations charitable purposes
£4,000 27/11/2020
the organisations charitable purposes
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£46,020 15/09/2020
"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
Tudor Trust - Grant to Carlisle Key
£40,000 04/09/2020
12
towards roof repairs and room upgrades for a young people's housing project in Carlisle
CAF - Grant to Carlisle Key
£10,000 12/06/2020
3
Grant to Carlisle Key to support the organisation through COVID19
Cumbria Community Foundation - Staff, food and rent costs
£2,000 29/04/2020
Staff, food and rent costs
Tudor Trust - Grant to Carlisle Key (COVID19 Grant)
£1,500 27/04/2020
as emergency funding towards food and other essentials for vulnerable young people in Carlisle during the Coronavirus crisis
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 14/02/2020
Carlisle Key
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Providing young people in supported accommodation with individual welcome packs
£2,537 05/11/2019
Providing young people in supported accommodation with individual welcome packs
Cumbria Community Foundation - Carlisle Key Accommodation
£3,500 13/06/2019
Carlisle Key Accommodation
Cumbria Community Foundation - Carlisle Key Accommodation
£2,500 13/06/2019
Carlisle Key Accommodation
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Carlisle Key Service Expansion
£2,640 13/05/2019
Carlisle Key Service Expansion
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Carlisle Key
£25,000 07/02/2019
refurbishment of accomodation for a charity which works with homeless young people in Cumbria
Tudor Trust - Grant to Carlisle Key
£60,000 03/08/2018
12
towards the purchase of a property to be converted into accommodation for young people in Carlisle
National Lottery Community Fund - Carlisle Key Accommodation
£10,000 24/05/2018
12
The funding will be used enhance facilities in order to provide supported accommodation. The aim of the project will be to provide support and provision to young people to help break the cycle of ....more
LandAid Charitable Trust - Carlisle Key Accommodation
£31,604 22/12/2017
9
The housing project Carlisle Key is currently working on is the development of a 11-bed hostel for young people aged 16-25 who are homeless. Carlisle Key has purchased a property and has been awarded ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carlisle Key
£3,415 29/11/2017
We are raising money to open a supported housing project to house homeless young people in Carlisle.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carlisle Key
£3,364 04/08/2017
We'll help empower more vulnerable young people facing distress, hardship & homelessness to unlock future independence with larger premises.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Carlisle Key
£75,000 24/07/2017
36
the charity supports vulnerable young people in Carlisle aged between 16 and 25 who are experiencing homelessness and housing related problems with info support & advice
National Lottery Community Fund - Carlisle Key
£227,050 23/02/2015
60
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Carlisle Key
£75,000 08/10/2014
the charity supports vulnerable young people in Carlisle aged between 16 and 25 who are experiencing homelessness and housing related problems with info support & advice
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Carlisle Key (Cumbria)
£45,000 11/12/2012
Towards a housing advice service for young people.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 70-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2003, number: 1099610
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/06/2003, number: 04793697
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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; AR04: 38 days late,
Main office

123-127
Botchergate
CARLISLE
Cumbria
CA1 1RZ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16 - 25, IN CARLISLE AND DISTRICT BY THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TOWARDS INDEPENDENT LIVING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CARLISLE AND DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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