Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

WELOVECARERS LTD

The relief of carers and former carers of people with physical, learning, mental or sensory impairment or illness or incapacity through old age.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified 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

Established: 12 years

www.welovecarers.org

hello@welovecarers.org

07817321072

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£85	£84	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	120
31/03/22		£71	£67	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/21		£74	£43	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/20		£50	£46	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/19		£83	£66	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/18		£70	£46	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£52	£23	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£79	£5	£75	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£151	£217	£-66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£141	£241	£-99	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£183	£152	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Dudley,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
120 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£30,000
The Foyle Foundation	£5,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - WeLoveCarers
£10,000	10/03/2023	The funding will be used to continue to support carers of children with disabilities. The project aims to provide carers with respite and an opportunity to get together and reduce social isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Carers Gardening Club
£10,000	29/04/2022	The funding will be used to fund the renovation of an outdoor area into a space accessible to everyone who uses the organisation's services as well as purchase outdoor furniture for seating and ....more The funding will be used to fund the renovation of an outdoor area into a space accessible to everyone who uses the organisation's services as well as purchase outdoor furniture for seating and gardening tools for the raised beds. The Charity runs youth clubs coffee mornings craft sessions and meetings with carers in the borough. The outside garden area will help provide the carers with the support they need to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - WeLoveCarers Renovation
£10,000	06/04/2021	The funding will be used to refurbish and furnish the organisation's new premises. This will include building renovations and kitchen equipment which will provide carers including young people with ....more The funding will be used to refurbish and furnish the organisation's new premises. This will include building renovations and kitchen equipment which will provide carers including young people with a suitable venue to meet other carers and spend respite time.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	30/09/2020	towards providing counselling support for unpaid carers over 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to WeLoveCarers
£5,000	15/06/2020 12	To provide counselling sessions for carers and siblings in Dudley and surrounding areas.
Tudor Trust - Grant to WeLoveCarers
£68,000	21/04/2017 24	over two years towards the salary of the Project Manager at an organisation supporting carers and cared for children, young people and adults in Dudley
Tudor Trust - Grant to WeLoveCarers
£68,000	26/08/2014 24	over two years towards the project co-ordinator's salary at an inclusive carers project in Dudley, West Midlands

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 24-78

ASHLEY COYNE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Not Applicable

ANNE ROBERTS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Nurse

CHRIS LOWE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Regional Director

LINDA CROCKETT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

NEIL BADDAMS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: General Manager

OLIVIA FARMER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Fitness Instructor

PAT COYNE (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Short Breaks Carer

THOMAS PRICE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Teacher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/06/2012, number: 1147866
Registered at Companies House on 10/02/2012, number: 07945401

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

11 returns made; AR16: 42 days late, AR15: 44 days late, AR14: 284 days late, AR13: 1 days late,

Main office

The Old Custom House
1 Church Street
Stourbridge
WEST MIDLANDS
DY8 1LT

Objectives

“THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE RELIEF OF CARERS AND FORMER CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, LEARNING, MENTAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT OR ILLNESS OR INCAPACITY THROUGH OLD AGE (THE CARER MAY RESIDE IN OR WORK IN OR CARE FOR A PERSON WHO RESIDES IN THE DUDLEY AREA) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR CARERS AND FORMER CARERS ACROSS ALL GROUPS; B) PROMOTING THE NEEDS OF CARERS AND FORMER CARERS; C) GATHERING AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION REGARDING CARERS AND FORMER CARERS AND SUPPORT FOR CARERS AND FORMER CARERS; D) IDENTIFYING NEEDS AND WORK WITH AGENCIES TO DEVELOP APPROPRIATE SERVICES.”

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