Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 6

Good reserves management: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 7

TRAFFORD CARERS CENTRE

Provision of information, advice and support to carers living in Trafford.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 20 years

www.traffordcarerscentre.org.uk

info@traffordcarerscentre.org.uk

01618482402

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£582	£647	£-65	£14	£364	£293	5.4	23	52
31/03/22		£783	£667	£115	£176	£429	£255	4.6	24	40
31/03/21		£634	£608	£27	£77	£314	£302	6	23	47
31/03/20	*	£576	£645	£-68	£110	£287	£270	5	23	12
31/03/19		£551	£588	£-37	£108	£356	£348	7.1	22	23
31/03/18		£574	£596	£-22	£90	£393	£386	7.8	23	0
31/03/17		£628	£671	£-44	£33	£414	£403	7.2	24	0
31/03/16		£745	£757	£-12	£5	£407	£401	6.3	29	0
31/03/15	*	£617	£696	£-79	£13	£420	£393	6.8	25	0
31/03/14		£581	£611	£-30	£8	£498	£489	9.6	19	0
31/03/13		£581	£535	£46	£9	£528	£519	11.6	18	0
31/03/12		£603	£646	£-42	£7	£482	£482	9	20	0
31/03/11	*	£832	£757	£75	£8	£524	£524	8.3	19	0
31/03/10	*	£791	£548	£243	£5	£449	£448	9.8	20	0
31/03/09		£423	£374	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£365	£348	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£307	£310	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06?		£302	£262	£40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/05		£253	£222	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 5.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 50.9

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Trafford,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

23 employees
52 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

Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment	£89,841
DCMS	£13,972
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,700
Co-Operative Group	£4,276

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Trafford Carers Centre
£4,276	23/10/2021	We'd like to put on events and activities for unpaid carers to take a break from their responsibilities and spend some time looking after themselves.
National Lottery Community Fund - Trafford Carers News Team
£9,700	02/07/2021	The funding will be used to create a news room where unpaid carers will report on activities through photography news writing and blogs to be exhibited to the wider community with the aim of raising ....more The funding will be used to create a news room where unpaid carers will report on activities through photography news writing and blogs to be exhibited to the wider community with the aim of raising awareness and promoting positive mental wellbeing.
Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment - Reducing social isolation through dedicated carer engagement
£89,841	29/03/2021	to fund our work to reduce social isolation for carers through focused pieces of work to increase carer engagement and build on volunteer programmes to enhance our support offer
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£13,972	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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Trafford Carers Centre
£4,696	19/11/2018	We want to provide activities and away days to support disadvantaged carers aged 6-9 who are socially isolated and lacking in confidence.
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - Voluntary Sector Grant to Trafford Carers Centre
£1,949	24/06/2017 12	Gardening group - to provide support for carers enabling respite from caring.
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - Voluntary Sector Grant to Trafford Carers Centre
£1,500	18/06/2017 12	Carers Choir
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council - Voluntary Sector Grant to Trafford Carers Centre
£3,000	06/09/2014	Our aim is to promote the Carers Choir to the 20,000 un paid Carers living within the Trafford region and to encourage as many Carers as we can to come and socialise within their community and combat ....more Our aim is to promote the Carers Choir to the 20,000 un paid Carers living within the Trafford region and to encourage as many Carers as we can to come and socialise within their community and combat some of the isolation that they may encounter due to their caring role, along with promoting the health and wellbeing needs of carers in the area, via our trained caseworker who is in attendance at the regular choir practices.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Trafford Carers Centre
£24,000	29/10/2012	the salaries of the Volunteer Coordinator and the Support Services Administrator

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 52-55

FREDERICK BARRETT Appointed: 2020

KERRY BLACKHURST Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor

RACHEL COSSEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Employee Of The Regulator Of Social Housing

CATRINA WALKER-JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Independant Financial Advisor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/02/2004, number: 1102075
Registered at Companies House on 12/03/2003, number: 04695523

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
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

19 returns made; AR20: 10 days late, AR15: 3 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR10: 1 days late,

Main office

Trafford Carers Centre
9 Springfield Road
SALE
Cheshire
M33 7XS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF CARERS, FORMER CARERS AND THOSE WORKING WITH AND FOR CARERS IN AND AROUND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF TRAFFORD AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

FOR CARERS AND FORMER CARERS IN AND AROUND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF TRAFFORD.

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