Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

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
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£448£452£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£393£427£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£362£367£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£407£391£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?*£456£431£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£537£584£-47£31£228£2014.1140
31/03/17£519£532£-13£31£275£2465.5150
31/03/16£478£484£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£476£476£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£474£396£79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£477£0£477n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£475£440£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£283£347£-64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£448£326£122n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£272£252£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08*£165£159£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years

www.bwdcarers.org.uk

sam.morris@bwdcarers.org.uk

01254688440

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UN SDGs
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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
  • Care for carers
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 supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£240,234
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 aim of providing volunteering opportunities and ....more
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 - 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 participate and have a voice. Funding for the group ....more
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 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 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 reducing isolation and loneliness using a variety of ....more
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 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, healthy lifestyle interventions and access to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 28-81
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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