Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

SUNDERLAND AREA PARENT SUPPORT

The aim of SAPS is to encourage and support local people and organisations who have an interest in the future of problematic substance use and their families. By advocating for partnership working SAPS will share ideas, information and skills to the benefit of clients whilst striving to remove barriers that prevent access to social and health service provision.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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
31/10/23£198£150£48n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/22£179£166£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/21£195£171£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/20£231£210£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/19£186£181£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/18*£186£167£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/17£102£198£-96n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/16£212£195£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/15£209£178£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/14£158£121£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/13£78£90£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/12£101£97£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/11£91£79£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/10£89£86£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/10/09£79£77£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.sapscarers.org

01915203444

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

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£403,276
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
CAF£4,791
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - SAPS Project
£10,000 19/05/2023
The funding will be used towards running costs and counselling supervision for volunteers. The project aims to help sustain and improve counselling services for family members/carers of people affected by addiction.
National Lottery Community Fund - Increasing Counselling Capacity
£10,000 28/01/2022
The project will use the funding to increase their paid counsellor hours increasing the capacity for supervision and seeing more clients who are carers of people with addiction problems. This aims to reduce isolation and improve mental wellbeing.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Sunderland Area Parent Support
£2,500 08/10/2021
The funding will pay for food and contribute to our emergency food packs.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Roadmap to Carer Recovery
£295,000 21/04/2021
The project will use the funding to continue to providing specialised support to carers of people with alcohol and drug issues including counselling benefits advice therapies and peer support. This aims to help the project with its longer-term ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring for Carers during Covid Recovery and Beyond
£88,276 23/10/2020
5
The funding will provide numerous educational and support resources such as therapies counselling helpline and respite to carers affected by drug and alcohol abuse. This aims to improve mental and physical wellbeing.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Sunderland Area Parent Support
£10,000 11/08/2020
refurbishment of building for a charity that works with alcohol and substance misuse in Tyne and Wear
CAF - Grant to Sunderland Area Parent Support
£4,791 29/05/2020
3
Grant to Sunderland Area Parent Support to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - SAPS Winter Inclusion Programme
£9,850 09/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver an outreach scheme during the winter months for carers of people affected by substance misuse. This will provide home visits and one to one support, specialist support groups and recreational group activities to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring for the Carer
£458,601 09/08/2017
36
The project aims to support carers of drug and alcohol misusers and will offer a comprehensive care plan and onsite package ensuring they have access to the appropriate and relevant services. A range of services will be delivered including ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring for the Carer
£491,763 14/05/2014
36
Not Available
Northern Rock Foundation - Grant awarded to Sunderland Area Parent Support (SAPS) (Tyne & Wear)
£65,000 13/03/2012
Towards the core costs of this organisation that supports carers of people with drug and alcohol problems in Sunderland.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:
  • SUSAN HALL (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Medical Representative
  • TRACY COLLINS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Family Support Worker
  • WENDY HALL Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/02/2009, number: 1127962
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/10/2008, number: 06735306
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
15 returns made; AR18: 110 days late,
Main office

MEADOW NURSERIES
SILKSWORTH ROAD
SILKSWORTH GARDENS
SUNDERLAND
SR3 2PE

Objectives

I) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF THE FAMILIES, PARENTS AND CARERS OF DRUG/ALCOHOLUSERS BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO DRUG/ALCOHOL ABUSE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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