Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 12

CARERS MILTON KEYNES

Carers Milton Keynes provides support for unpaid carers in Milton Keynes. The support is offered to both adult and young carers through specialist adult carers and young carers teams.The service includes information, telephone advice, carer support groups, therapies, training and young carers clubs and activities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 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

Established: 17 years

www.carersmiltonkeynes.org

mail@carersmiltonkeynes.org

01908231703

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		£469	£492	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22		£485	£448	£37	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
31/03/21		£472	£448	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/20	*	£445	£440	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	34
31/03/19		£465	£437	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/18		£459	£459	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£459	£459	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£456	£470	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£429	£393	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£325	£314	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£297	£300	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£284	£314	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£364	£375	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£358	£331	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£271	£234	£37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£245	£226	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Milton Keynes,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
25 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carers Milton Keynes
£1,497	21/10/2023	Carers Milton Keynes would like to offer all unpaid carers club nights, support groups and days out to allow them some respite. time to relax and to improve their mental wellbeing.
Department for Education - Parent Carer Participation grant
£15,000	01/04/2020	To fund 152 Parent Carer Forums to represent and support their local area's SEND parents, carers and families.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000	08/03/2019	Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	05/12/2018	Same Chances
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carers MK
£3,028	29/11/2017	We want to take 14 young carers in Milton Keynes on a trip London to provide them with some time out from their responsibilities.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Carers Milton Keynes - 2
£62,748	01/10/2015 36	Funding for a Hospital Support Worker in Milton Keynes Hospital to identify carers earlier and help reduce re-admissions.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 46-81

DR JITKA VSETECKOVA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Academic Researcher And Senior Lecturer, Other trusteeship: CARERS TRUST BUCKS AND MILTON KEYNES,

DR LESLIE DAVIES (Chair), Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: CARERS TRUST BUCKS AND MILTON KEYNES,

EMMA LOWNDES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Director, Other trusteeship: CARERS TRUST BUCKS AND MILTON KEYNES,

MICHAEL ROWLANDS Appointed: 2009, Occupation: None

MARK WILLIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Train Driver, Other trusteeship: CARERS TRUST BUCKS AND MILTON KEYNES,

NICOLA LAURIS JACOBS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: CARERS TRUST BUCKS AND MILTON KEYNES,

STEWART GEORGE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: CARERS TRUST BUCKS AND MILTON KEYNES,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/11/2006, number: 1116804
Registered at Companies House on 28/09/2005, number: 05577393

Gift Aid

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

16 returns made; AR20: 9 days late,

Main office

Carers Milton Keynes
Challenge House
Sherwood Drive
Bletchley
MILTON KEYNES
MK3 6DP

Objectives

1 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY ARISING FROM AGE, SICKNESS OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY WITHIN THE MILTON KEYNES AREA AND WHO ARE DEPENDENT ON OTHERS FOR THEIR DAILY CARE BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL HELP, ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, SERVICE, SUPPORT, ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION TO SPOUSES, PARTNERS, RELATIVES AND OTHERS WHO HAVE AN UNPAID RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DAILY CARE AD TREATMENT ('THE CARERS').2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND MENTAL AND/OR PHYSICAL SICKNESS OR SUFFERING AMONGST THE CARERS DEFINED IN THE ABOVE OBJECT.3 TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION CONCERNING THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF THOSE REQUIRING SUCH FULL TIME CARE AND TREATMENT BECAUSE OF AGE, DISABILITY OR SICKNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

MILTON KEYNES AREA

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