Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

SOUTH BRENT & DISTRICT CARING 

Provide help and support, promote social inclusion, independence and a better quality of home life to the elderly and those of poor mental health, limited finances, failing health or reduced mobility living in South Brent & district.Help is provided by carefully selected, trained & fully supported volunteers & includes: befriending, transport, carer support, gardening, shopping & signposting.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material 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 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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£55£41£14n/an/an/an/an/a156
31/12/21£30£27£4n/an/an/an/an/a149
31/12/20£71£39£32n/an/an/an/an/a140
31/12/19£25£31£-6n/an/an/an/an/a125
31/12/18£39£27£12£0£0£0n/a0122
31/12/17£19£25£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£26£25£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£26£25£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£25£17£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£15£15£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

www.sbadc.org.uk

info@sbadc.org.uk

01364700282

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 156 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£20,000
Co-Operative Group£7,944
Devon Community Foundation£6,000
CAF£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South Brent and District Caring
£2,252 21/10/2023
We'd like to organise more group activities and arrange local trips out for our clients, as well as continuing to offer support, befriending, and transport to prolong independent living.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South Brent & District Caring
£2,861 22/10/2022
We wish to restart our group activities as well as organise weekly and monthly trips out for our elderly or housebound clients. We will continue our-drop in sessions too.
National Lottery Community Fund - South Brent and District Caring
£10,000 14/04/2022
The funding will be used to continue and expand the group's support service for vulnerable elderly people living in an isolated rural community. The project aims to improve access to local amenities ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South Brent & District Caring
£2,831 23/10/2021
We would like to continue to help the isolated, vulnerable and elderly live independently, and develop our services to meet their needs.
National Lottery Community Fund - South Brent & District Caring
£10,000 15/05/2020
13
The funding will be used to continue to support the most vulnerable people at risk of COVID-19 or living alone in isolation through volunteering to assist with shopping befriending phone calls ....more
CAF - Grant to South Brent & District Caring
£2,000 15/04/2020
Grant to South Brent & District Caring to support the organisation through COVID19
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 South Brent Community Crisis Assistance
£6,000 31/03/2020
5
Grant to South Brent & District Caring
Co-Operative Group - Grant to South Brent & District Caring
£2,953 19/11/2018
We want to make our activities more inclusive, train volunteers and help the community understand the implications of living with dementia.
National Lottery Community Fund - South Brent and District Caring
£10,000 31/01/2018
12
The funding will be used by a charity to provide a support service for older people living in isolated rural communities, allowing them to access local amenities and take part in social activities to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2013, number: 1150875
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

SOUTH BRENT & DISTRICT CARING
THE OLD SCHOOL CENTRE
TOTNES ROAD
SOUTH BRENT
DEVON
TQ10 9BP

Objectives

(1)THE RELIEF OF THOSE PERSONS IN NEED LIVING OR RESIDING IN THE PARISH OF SOUTH BRENT AND THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURING PARISHES.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY ARE ELDERLY OR BY REASON OF POOR MENTAL HEALTH, LIMITED FINANCIAL MEANS, FAILING HEALTH, REDUCED MOBILITY, OR A FULL-TIME CARING COMMITMENT WHERE ONE IS NEEDED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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