Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

SWANSEA CARERS' CENTRE 

Swansea CarersÔÇÖ Centre is a local charity supporting carers within the City & County of Swansea. We support all carers of those with an illness or disability, including learning disability, mental health problems, physical disability, dementia and other long term limiting illnesses. This also includes parents of children with a disability or chronic illness.
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
  • 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
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation
Established: 19 years

www.swanseacarerscentre.org.uk

admin@swanseacarerscentre.org.uk

01792653344

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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£1,049£1,048£1£0£787£52363541
31/03/22£1,096£939£157£0£786£5036.43165
31/03/21£1,042£845£197£0£629£4025.72862
31/03/20*£674£668£7£0£432£3105.62872
31/03/19£706£651£55£0£425£761.43162
31/03/18£632£616£16£0£370£3356.5290
31/03/17£529£580£-51£0£354£3316.9240
31/03/16*£536£554£-18£10£405£3317.2180
31/03/15£563£545£17£324£423£2996.6170
31/03/14£560£524£36£2£406£3036.9230
31/03/13£580£481£100£0£370£2706.7150
31/03/12£490£410£80£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£442£422£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£443£443£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£440£401£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£410£359£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£374£332£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£283£277£6£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 66%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 19.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 35 employees
  • 41 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout Wales,
  • This charity is based in an area of high deprivation

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£189,211
Henry Smith Charity£159,900
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund£59,978
Co-Operative Group£1,271
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Swansea Carers Centre - Young Adult Carers Aged 16-25
£1,271 22/10/2022
We hope to provide online and face-to-face 'drop-in' group support sessions to give young people some time for themselves during breaks from caring, and opportunities to meet others.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Swansea Carers' Centre
£159,900 26/05/2022
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Carers Education and Training Officer at a project providing training, education and activities for carers in the City and County of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Swansea Carers Centre - Covid Recovery Volunteering Project
£99,985 19/01/2022
24
Over two years Swansea Carers Centre will use £99985 for staff and running costs to expand a new carers COVID-19 Recovery Volunteering project across Swansea. They will offer opportunities to join ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Male Carers Pilot Project
£9,997 30/11/2021
Swansea Carers’ Centre will use £9997 to offer practical and emotional support to male carers by employing a Male Carers’ Worker to deliver activities and provide support.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Swansea Carers Centre - 3
£59,978 14/10/2021
This grant will provide funding for our new Young Adult Carer (YAC) Education Worker for two years to expand our current YAC project, supporting young adult carers to continue in higher/further ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-19 Swansea Carers Out of Hours Helpline & Counselling project
£79,229 04/06/2020
12
The Swansea Carers Centre will use £79229 funding to set up an out-of-hours helpline and counselling project. The project will provide an extra 20 hours a week of direct personalised one-to-one ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Swansea Carers' Centre
£162,500 13/03/2019
36
towards three years' continuation funding of a Carers Education and Training Officer at a project providing training, education and activities for carers in Swansea
National Lottery Community Fund - Swansea Working Family Carer Project
£498,185 26/07/2018
48
Swansea Working Family Carer Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Swansea Carers Centre
£74,560 20/03/2018
36
Funding for a Volunteer Co-ordinator to specifically recruit and train volunteers. In turn they will support individuals identified through local GP surgery referrals as being new to caring within ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Carer Awareness Project
£248,917 23/11/2016
60
Carer Awareness Project
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Swansea Carers' Centre
£92,200 08/09/2016
24
towards two years' salary of a Project Manager at a project providing training, education and activities for carers in and around Swansea
National Lottery Community Fund - Swansea Carers Education and Training Project
£238,106 26/09/2012
48
The three year project is to provide a carers education and training programme that will deliver 45 varied workshops per year and peer support opportunities for adult carers aged 16+ in the City and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Swansea Carers Centre
£20,000 24/02/2012
the salary of a Volunteer Co-ordinator including travel, training and monitoring costs, as well as overheads, management fees, volunteer travel and training costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Carers Advocacy Service
£281,683 29/03/2011
72
Swansea Carers Advocacy Service aims to improve the quality of life for older people aged 50+ who are carers by providing access to a professional independent advocacy and respite service. The ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 34-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/04/2005, number: 1108865
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/02/2005, number: 05352055
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR20: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late,
Main office

Swansea Carers Centre
104 Mansel Street
Swansea
SA1 5UE

Objectives

A. TO HELP ALLEVIATE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND OR INCLUDING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRESS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CARING AMONGST CARERS BY THE GIVING OF PRACTICAL HELP, ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO THOSE PEOPLE CARING, OR WHO HAVE CARED, FOR OTHERS WHO ARE DEPENDENT ON THEM THROUGH DISABILITY ARISING FROM AGE, PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL DISABILITY AND WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES WITHIN WALES; B. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION CONCERNING CARING AMONG CARERS, THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES;

Defined Area of Benefit:

WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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