Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

CARING TOGETHER IN WOODHOUSE & LITTLE LONDON

Provide a wide range of educational/social activities, individual support, advice and advocacy to support older people living in the Woodhouse and Little London areas of inner city Leeds.
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 including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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
31/03/23£135£138£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22*£120£126£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£158£144£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£137£132£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£147£130£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£126£127£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£125£126£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£93£151£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£176£168£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£195£170£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£180£150£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£196£133£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

www.caringtogether.org.uk

info@caringtogether.org.uk

01132430298

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People

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
Leeds Community Foundation£68,081
CAF£8,198
DCMS£4,145
Sir George Martin Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Little London and Woodhouse Tower Blocks Project
£16,335 13/02/2024
12
Grant to Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London
Leeds Community Foundation - 'Soup and a Roll' Drop-in and Advice Sessions
£2,779 30/10/2023
Grant to Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London
Leeds Community Foundation - Active and Well Winter Engagement Project
£5,100 20/09/2022
Grant to Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London
£30,000 24/03/2022
The funding will help develop robust plans for collaboration with other organisations, new initiatives focussing on more sustainable hospital discharges for older people. We need to look at how ways of working, track record and flexibility can ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Active Winter Engagement Project
£2,475 06/10/2021
To offer an increased portfolio of group activities over the Winter period encompassing exercise, therapeutic and social support sessions that are, where possible, accessed in person or via digital means and which will involve training for staff, ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Inside and Out Project
£2,500 07/10/2020
4
Grant to Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Caring Together in Woodhouse & Little London
£2,500 28/09/2020
Capital costs for Older People's Welfare
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London
£8,893 28/07/2020
3
Support for ongoing delivery and adapting operating/funding model.
CAF - Grant to Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London
£8,198 19/06/2020
3
Grant to Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London to support the organisation through COVID19
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,145 19/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Active and Well Winter Community Scheme
£2,500 06/11/2019
5
The project will focus on the tendency for older people to become more isolated during the winter months. It will address the important issue of maintaining older people’s activity levels during this period and monitor their home situation with ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - ‘In the City’ Project
£9,028 19/03/2019
13
Caring Together wishes to re-orientate our support provision to include the city centre as a community in and of itself with the aim, in time, being to further develop these services and be responsive to city-wide need with particular emphasis on ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London
£2,500 16/10/2018
5
Caring Together will offer a combination of social activity; exercise classes and home visits to over 140 members aged 75 and over delivered by paid staff and volunteers. EoG report - Providing accessible subsidised transport to all of our groups ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - OPEN ROUND Inter Generational Mutuality Project
£9,987 16/02/2018
12
To attract, supervise and retain a body of local student volunteers to provide befriending services to local isolated older people who find it difficult to access community facilities and services without help and for those that are housebound and ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Transport - 'Get there-Your Way' Project
£9,003 16/02/2018
12
The transport needs of our members are complex and we wish to implement a strategy that simplifies these needs, utilising existing community transport providers, private hire companies, our walking group and a buddying scheme. This will involve ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Caring Together in Woodhouse and Little London
£25,000 31/05/2013
Caring Together provides support for older people through advice and information, and a range of social and health based activities. They will use the grant to fund a new post to provide a rapid response to difficulties experienced by members.
National Lottery Community Fund - Capacity Building Support Project
£209,276 11/02/2010
73
This project, a continuation and expansion of an existing project based in Leeds aims to improve the quality of life for older people, in particular those that are frail, disabled and socially isolated. The project expansion will include the ....more
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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: 49-81
  • ANN SHAW Appointed: 2010, Occupation: None
  • ABIGAIL MARSHALL KATUNG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Councillor
  • AL GARTHWAITE (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Councillor
  • BEN ANSON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • DAVID WIGGLESWORTH Appointed: 2010, Occupation: None
  • MAUREEN KERSHAW Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • MYRNA RUTTLEDGE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • TRACEY NOBLE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: None
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/11/2010, number: 1138782
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/10/2010, number: 07402794
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR22: 2 days late,
Main office

Caring Together
Woodhouse Community Centre
127 Woodhouse Street
Leeds
LS6 2PY

Objectives

1) THE RELIEF OF OLDER PEOPLE (WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF COLOUR, ETHNIC ORIGIN, NATIONALITY, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OPINION OR SEX) IN ANY WAY CONSIDERED TO BE CHARITABLE IN LAW AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE IN WOODHOUSE AND LITTLE LONDON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD IN THE CITY OF LEEDS AND IN PARTICULAR BY: PROMOTING THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELFARE OF OLDER PEOPLE AND RELIEF OF THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE IN MATTERS SUCH AS FINANCE, HEALTH, HOUSING, SECURITY AND WELFARE ENTITLEMENT. TO FURTHER ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WOODHOUSE AND LITTLE LONDON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD IN THE CITY OF LEEDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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