Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3

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

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 16

CARETRADE CHARITABLE TRUST

CareTrade's mission is to improve the life chances of autistic young people and adults by: creating inspirational work experience, recreational and social opportunities; providing education, employment support and other services to meet the needs of individuals; working with businesses to transform employment for autistic people.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
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 dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
31/07/22		£1,168	£1,010	£158	£30	£651	£503	6	17	26
31/07/21?		£1,287	£1,149	£138	£51	£493	£436	4.6	16	20
31/01/20		£682	£546	£136	£5	£355	£326	7.2	12	20
31/01/19		£544	£420	£123	£6	£219	£197	5.6	10	19
31/01/18		£414	£343	£71	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	12
31/01/17		£279	£268	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/16		£305	£260	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/15		£246	£248	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/14		£236	£209	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/13		£228	£226	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/12		£237	£234	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/11		£248	£238	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/01/10	*	£133	£132	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 77%
Reserves/Spending: 6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 4.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 15 years

www.care-trade.org

INFO@CARETRADEUK.ORG

02033756288

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

17 employees
26 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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to CareTrade Charitable Trust
£248,800	04/01/2024	£248,800 over five years (£46,900; £48,200; £49,500; £51,200; £53,000) towards one FTE training lead and associated running costs.
London Catalyst - CareTrade Charitable Trust - 1
£4,000	07/02/2017	CareTrade Café Traineeship Programme
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the salary of the CEO
£1,000	25/02/2016	Towards the salary of the CEO.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Caretrade Charitable Trust
£20,000	29/04/2014	The focus of the charity is to support adults with autism into training and employment. The funding will support a contribution towards the CEO salary and allow them to continue their much need ....more The focus of the charity is to support adults with autism into training and employment. The funding will support a contribution towards the CEO salary and allow them to continue their much need services.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the salary costs of the charity’s Director
£5,000	13/07/2012	Towards the salary costs of the charity’s Director, improving the employability of Londoners with Autism.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards the salary costs of the Director
£10,000	22/07/2010	Towards the salary costs of the Director whose job is to ensure people with autism have greater access to employment, housing, and social opportunities.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-57

NITHYAMBIKA GURUKUMAR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Executive

JANET PARK Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Facilities Management

KEVAL SHAH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director Of Strategic Risk Management

ANDREW SWEETING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Operational Director

FRIDA NORMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Hr Consultant, Other trusteeship: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MIND,

PAUL SPARKES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Partner

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/02/2009, number: 1127890
Registered at Companies House on 12/01/2009, number: 06789119

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

13 returns made; AR10: 114 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from EMPLOYMENT AUTISM on 23/04/2024

Main office

CareTrade
The Clarence Centre
6 St George's Circus
London
SE1 6FE

Objectives

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISM, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF SOUTHWARK AND LONDON RESIDENTS. IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) ADDRESSING THE EMPLOYMENT, VOCATIONAL, SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, RESIDENTIAL AND CARE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM(II) CREATING AND SUPPORTING OTHERS TO CREATE VOCATIONAL, EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, RESIDENTIAL AND CARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM(III) ADDRESSING THE WORK EXPERIENCE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISM WHO ARE STILL AT SCHOOL(IV) WORKING WITH BUSINESSES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO PROMOTE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM IN THE WORKPLACE AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND HELPING THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PLANS IN RELATION TO PEOPLE WITH AUTISM

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTHWARK, LONDON

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