Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 11

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 10

BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN CARERS SERVICE LTD

Blackburn With Darwen Carers Service exists to provide a 'one stop shop' approach to offering information, advice and support to all unpaid carers within Blackburn With Darwen. The service aims to raise awareness of the needs of unpaid carers and will support carers to have a voice and improve the quality of services that are available to carers and their dependents. The carers centre is a base fo

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

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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		£393	£427	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	145
31/03/22		£362	£367	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	119
31/03/21		£407	£391	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/20	*	£456	£431	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	94
31/03/19		£515	£540	£-25	£22	£202	£181	4	13	81
31/03/18		£537	£584	£-47	£31	£228	£201	4.1	14	0
31/03/17		£519	£532	£-13	£31	£275	£246	5.5	15	0
31/03/16		£478	£484	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£476	£476	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£474	£396	£79	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£477	£0	£477	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£475	£440	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£283	£347	£-64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£448	£326	£122	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£272	£252	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£165	£159	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.bwdcarers.org.uk

sam.morris@bwdcarers.org.uk

01254688440

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for the elderly

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Blackburn With Darwen,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
145 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

National Lottery Community Fund	£240,554
Department for Work and Pensions	£119,373
Rank Foundation	£21,283
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Giving Something Back
£10,000	12/05/2023	The funding will be used to continue running their carers service with a volunteer coordinator and volunteers who support young adult carers aged 16 - 25 years and adult carers 25+ years with the ....more The funding will be used to continue running their carers service with a volunteer coordinator and volunteers who support young adult carers aged 16 - 25 years and adult carers 25+ years with the aim of providing volunteering opportunities and carers support services including helping carers to have a life outside of their caring role.
Rank Foundation - CoL Core Grant Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service Ltd 2023 - Full
£21,283	27/04/2023	Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service Ltd received a Cost of Living Core Grant to cover rent and volunteer costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Queen's Jubilee Sports for All Self-defence classes
£320	08/04/2022	The funding will be used to hold six self-defence classes. The project aims to improve confidence and develop personal safety skills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Carers in the Community
£220,234	05/08/2021	Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service provide support information and advice to all unpaid carers within Blackburn with Darwen and aim to raise awareness of the needs of carers encourage carers to ....more Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service provide support information and advice to all unpaid carers within Blackburn with Darwen and aim to raise awareness of the needs of carers encourage carers to participate and have a voice. Funding for the group will enable them to continue to support carers in the area by offering a range of services including talk therapy and benefit support.
Department for Work and Pensions - LJCT CONSULTING
£119,373	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service - 4
£5,000	28/05/2020	Emergency funding Covid-19 support
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteers in the Community
£10,000	22/04/2020 11	The funding will be used to coordinate volunteers who will support carers during the Coronavirus lock down. The project aims to use telephone on-line befriending and Zoom activities to help with ....more The funding will be used to coordinate volunteers who will support carers during the Coronavirus lock down. The project aims to use telephone on-line befriending and Zoom activities to help with isolation and reduce metal health issues.
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Academy
£9,566	29/11/2018 12	The project aims to develop the skills of its volunteers. The organisation will employ a volunteer coordinator to increase and retain volunteers to provide advice and support to carers in the local ....more The project aims to develop the skills of its volunteers. The organisation will employ a volunteer coordinator to increase and retain volunteers to provide advice and support to carers in the local area.
National Lottery Community Fund - Inclusion, Integration and Targeted Support for Carers
£459,777	16/06/2016 60	This is a continuation and development of an existing project that supports unpaid family carers through the provision of inclusive, integrated and targeted support. The project will focus on ....more This is a continuation and development of an existing project that supports unpaid family carers through the provision of inclusive, integrated and targeted support. The project will focus on reducing isolation and loneliness using a variety of methods including one-to-one and group support as well as a comprehensive programme of activities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service
£50,000	11/06/2015 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing support, advice, activities, advocacy and respite to carers in a deprived area of Lancashire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service
£32,000	27/09/2013	Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service provides a range of support services to carers living across the borough including the provision of information & advice in order that they can cope better ....more Blackburn with Darwen Carers Service provides a range of support services to carers living across the borough including the provision of information & advice in order that they can cope better with their caring responsibilities
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting carers
£434,511	15/06/2011 60	The project will set up activities which will include confidence and self-esteem and self care training to help carers to learn coping strategies such as relaxation techniques, stress management, ....more The project will set up activities which will include confidence and self-esteem and self care training to help carers to learn coping strategies such as relaxation techniques, stress management, healthy lifestyle interventions and access to holistic therapies and massage. It will also offer one to one support, and information clinics which will include benefits and supported employment advice.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 27-80

CHARLES JAMES HIGHAM Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Investment Manager And Stock Broker

GRAHAM BRINDLEY Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Independent Finance Professional

HILARY NAN GOODALL Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Retired

JAMES HADLEIGH Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/07/2007, number: 1120110
Registered at Companies House on 19/07/2006, number: 05881757

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR20: 5 days late, AR08: 90 days late,

Main office

BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN
CARERS SERVICES LIMITED
KINGSWAY
GREENHURST PLACE
BLACKBURN
BB2 1NA

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF PERSONS WHO ARE ILL, DISABLED OR WHO ARE ELDERLY AND HAVE A CHARITABLE NEED, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESIDENT OR WORKING IN BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO THOSE PERSONS, THEIR RELATIVES OR CARERS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID BENEFICIARIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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