Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

KINGSTON CARERS' NETWORK 

Providing independent information, support and advocacy to people who care for someone living in the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 11 years

www.kingstoncarers.org.uk

info@kingstoncarers.org.uk

02030312751

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£740£739£1£28£240£1993.21779
31/03/22£828£852£-24£0£239£1812.61779
31/03/21*£770£733£37£0£263£12521768
31/03/20£694£685£9£0£226£1021.81776
31/03/19£699£674£25£0£217£1232.21484
31/03/18£706£680£26£0£192£981.7150
31/03/17£547£545£2£0£167£1132.5130
31/03/16£579£552£26£0£164£430.9130
31/03/15£514£482£33£2£138£320.8130
31/03/14£405£395£10£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.8%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 36%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 3.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kingston Upon Thames,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 17 employees
  • 79 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
Henry Smith Charity£318,100
National Lottery Community Fund£287,431
Trust for London£189,300
City Bridge Trust£127,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
The London Community Foundation£37,211
BBC Children in Need£32,931
The Clothworkers Foundation£14,200
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Kingston Carers' Network
£14,200 13/12/2023
Development of a new database and purchase of IT equipment for a charity which works with carers in Kingston-Upon-Thames
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kingston Carers' Network
£198,300 06/11/2023
towards three years‘ continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing support for young carers in the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kingston Carers' Network
£2,156 21/10/2023
We would like help with our Better Together Peer Mentoring project – reaching out, getting involved and offering help. Our Peer Mentors learn new skills, build resilience, and make new friends.
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Carers - Safe Space to Talk
£9,577 04/11/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a carers support programme in 5 schools in the Kingston-upon-Thames area. The project aims to engage with young children who have caring responsibilities and ....more
Trust for London - Kingston Carers' Network
£2,300 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.06.2019-8117
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kingston Carers' Network
£119,800 17/05/2022
36
towards three years' salary of a Young Carers Support Worker providing support for young carers, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kingston Carers' Network
£127,000 20/12/2021
24
£127,000 over two further and final years (£66,000; £61,000) for the full-time Outreach Worker, activities and running costs of the Older Carers project, (of which up to £5,000 is available ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 19/11/2021
Young Carers Support
National Lottery Community Fund - Wellbeing for Carers
£10,000 19/03/2021
12
The funding will be used to deliver a range of health and wellbeing activities for adult and young carers affected by the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic. The project aims to provide tailored ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving the lives of carers
£257,854 15/03/2021
35
The project is using funding to improve the lives of young and adult carers in Kingston by providing a wide range of services to ensure they meet differing needs including IAG counselling support ....more
Trust for London - Kingston Carers' Network
£49,000 09/03/2021
The funding is for the salary and overheads of an adult carers advisor to increase their capacity, reach and effectiveness. The role will include case work advice and advocacy on a wide range of ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Kingston Carers' Network
£9,986 04/12/2020
5
The funding is for the provision of support, advice and advocacy for young carers most disadvantaged by the pandemic. One-to-one support will be targeted to those who are at risk of harmful or ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Kingston Carers' Network
£3,000 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund additional weekly drop-in sessions for young carers who are isolated due to Covid-19, and help them improve their emotional wellbeing.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000 28/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Wates Foundation - Kingston Carers' Network
£10,000 20/05/2020
Targeted support for young carers who are experiencing high levels of disadvantage as a result of their caring role. Increase in demand is anticipated following the Covid-19 lockdown.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Kingston Carers' Network
£27,225 01/05/2020
...the additional expenditure needed to meet the needs of Kingston's young and adult carers by providing much-needed advice, advocacy, practical help and emotional support. The funding would allow us ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Kingston Carers' Network
£29,931 19/11/2019
36
This project will provide a fitness and well-being programme to children and young people who are young carers. The support will improve their physical health and fitness and enhance their emotional ....more
Trust for London - Kingston Carers' Network
£138,000 10/10/2019
36
The funding is for the cost of a specialist benefit adviser who will provide comprehensive advice and advocacy to carers and those they care for. The adviser will identify benefit entitlements and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 24/07/2019
Carers service development
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Carers Thrive
£10,000 11/07/2019
12
The project will use the funding to continue the provision of a youth group in the local area.
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£150,000 01/01/2019
Young Carers Achieve will deliver a range of interventions to support young carers who are at risk of exclusion from school and isolation from their peers. Running in-school lunch clubs to provide ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Kingston Carers' Network
£118,113 23/10/2018
36
This project will offer a drop in youth club, trips and activities for young carers. Young people will benefit from increased resilience, improved aspirations and stronger social connections and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kingston Carers Network
£178,000 06/07/2018
36
£178,000 over three years (£58,000; £59,000; £61,000) for the Outreach Worker; respite acitivities; workshops; and associated running costs of the Older Carers project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Transitions
£8,772 27/04/2018
12
The charity helps young carers, including ones from hidden and marginalised groups, to improve their life outcomes. It has been identified there is a particular need for help for children in years 6 ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Kingston Carers' Network
£74,534 30/11/2017
36
Kingston Carers' Network is requesting funding to provide specialist support to carers for people with dementia through diagnosis and hospital discharge. It includes information, advice and advocacy ....more
Sport England - Classy Carers
£9,975 26/10/2017
12
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Classy Carers . This project lists its main activity as Exercise & Fitness
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP2- Fit for caring
£5,000 03/05/2017
12
The group will use the funding to provide exercise and healthy lifestyle sessions for people who have caring responsibilities. This will improve their physical and mental wellbeing, providing them ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Outcomes for Young Carers
£424,005 22/03/2017
36
This group will develop an existing project providing a holistic service to meet the needs of young carers. The project aims to give young carers better chances in life through addressing the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Carers thrive, not survive
£7,663 22/03/2017
12
The funding will be used to run a summer peer support programme for young carers which will include drama workshops, healthy eating and budgeting sessions and a variety of family seaside, camping and ....more
Comic Relief - Improving Outcomes for Kingston's Young Carers
£120,000 25/11/2015
36
Being a young carer can be an isolating experience, resulting in young people struggling at school, and suffering with poor physical/ mental health themselves. This grant to Kingston Carers Network ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-91
  • JOHN MAYS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Trustee
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/03/2013, number: 1151456
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/01/2013, number: 08376060
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; AR21: 170 days late,
Main office

Kingston Carers Network
418 Ewell Road
SURBITON
KT6 7HF

Objectives

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED TO ALLEVIATE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE CARING OR WHO HAVE CARED FOR ELDERLY, SICK, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR OTHERWISE INFIRM PERSONS AT HOME WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES AND WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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