Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

COQUET TRUST

Provision of quality domiciliary and day care for people with learning disabilities, enabling them to have, as far as possible, a good quality of life within the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no 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 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
31/03/23£8,122£7,786£336£0£4,181£4,1506.426310
31/03/22£7,347£7,263£83£0£3,845£3,7996.32590
31/03/21£6,544£6,496£48£0£3,762£3,7596.91950
31/03/20£5,951£5,724£227£0£3,714£3,7147.82340
31/03/19£5,489£5,166£323£0£3,498£3,43882460
31/03/18£5,282£4,823£459£0£3,186£3,1867.91700
31/03/17£4,992£4,723£269£0£2,737£2,73771770
31/03/16£4,881£4,714£168£0£2,564£2,5646.51750
31/03/15£4,612£4,429£182£5£2,405£2,4056.51860
31/03/14£4,618£4,362£256£5£2,223£2,2236.11790
31/03/13£4,758£4,390£369£4£1,967£1,9675.41910
31/03/12£4,681£4,485£196£4£1,598£1,5984.31940
31/03/11£4,688£4,396£292£4£1,402£1,4023.81850
31/03/10£3,974£3,844£130£4£1,110£1,1103.51750
31/03/09£3,768£3,677£90£3£980£9803.21480

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 6.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 3.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 17 years

www.coquettrust.org.uk

enquiries@coquettrust.org.uk

01912859270

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Coquet Trust
£10,000 02/11/2023
Nature, Habitat and Heritage Project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 31-80
  • ANDREW TITMUS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • DAVID IAN ROWLAND Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director
  • DR PAUL SMITH
  • ELIZABETH CLARE ROGERSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • IAN GALE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Director
  • KIERAN PORTER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
  • SUSAN WELSH Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Secretary
  • SARAH TURNER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/10/2007, number: 1121062
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/05/2007, number: 06251078
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; all on time
Main office

Coquet Trust
23-24 Lansdowne Terrace
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE3 1HP

Objectives

The only objects for which the Charity is established are for the public benefit to provide quality care and support for disabled people, enabling them to have a good quality life within the community (the Objects).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTHUMBERLAND, THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, TYNE WEAR AND NORTH TYNESIDE AREAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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