Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 10

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 18

RUBY'S FUND

A fully inclusive sensory centre & social cafe for children & young people with disabilities & additional needs.The centre with social cafe offers a safe, stimulating environment, giving individuals, families, carers & groups chance toexplore & develop. Ideal for therapy, relaxation, education, friendship & fun. It provides a sensory room, soft play, groups, sessions & support groups.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
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 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

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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
28/02/23		£487	£402	£85	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
28/02/22		£433	£339	£93	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
28/02/21		£392	£232	£160	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
29/02/20		£282	£187	£95	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	24
28/02/19		£135	£146	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	14
28/02/18		£82	£94	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/17		£97	£104	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/16		£92	£94	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/15		£145	£45	£99	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/14	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.rubysfund.co.uk

info@rubysfund.co.uk

01260277666

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Recreation

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Cheshire East,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
32 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	£273,192
Steve Morgan Foundation	£78,428
Cheshire Community Foundation	£33,845
DCMS	£33,827
CAF	£7,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cheshire Community Foundation - SEND Volunteering Project 16-25yrs
£10,000	15/12/2022	SEND Volunteering Project 16-25yrs
Cheshire Community Foundation - Reopening Ruby's community hub
£14,040	15/11/2022	Reopening Ruby's community hub
National Lottery Community Fund - SEND family support triage and social prescribing
£9,496	11/02/2022	The funding will be used to employ a triage and admin coordinator to help run family support services. The project aims to free up other staff by using this role to determine the level of need and ....more The funding will be used to employ a triage and admin coordinator to help run family support services. The project aims to free up other staff by using this role to determine the level of need and support parents of SEND children SEND children and their siblings will need from the service and allocated support worker.
National Lottery Community Fund - Providing sustainable projects and SEND community support at Ruby's Fund
£254,351	11/06/2021	The group aims to improve the overall physical emotional and mental wellbeing of SEND children and their families. Funding for the group will enable them to continue to provide support services and ....more The group aims to improve the overall physical emotional and mental wellbeing of SEND children and their families. Funding for the group will enable them to continue to provide support services and sessions at their specialist accessible and inclusive sensory centre in Congleton Cheshire and from their outreach service with an accessible mobile sensory bus.
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Ruby's Fund
£78,428	19/05/2021	3 year funding for the Family Support Worker in Crewe
Cheshire Community Foundation - Sibs @ Ruby's
£1,947	27/04/2021	Ruby's Fund is a charity supporting children and young people aged 0-18 years with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families. This 12 month project will enable us to ....more Ruby's Fund is a charity supporting children and young people aged 0-18 years with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families. This 12 month project will enable us to continue our siblings wellbeing and social group which supports 30 siblings (aged 5-15 years) who are young carers of the brothers and / or sisters with SEND when funding ends in March. The grant will fund 11 x 2 hour monthly sessions which includes session delivery costs for up to 15 siblings per session from across Cheshire East to access the monthly sessions of 'Sibs @ Ruby's'. It is our aim that with our support project siblings who are disadvantaged through their young carers role will have the opportunity to have a break from their caring responsibilities at home, have the opportunity to make new friends, learn new skills to encourage them to reach their potential and improve their own wellbeing by having a sense of belonging, whilst have support from peers who understand the challenges they face and from trained staff.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£33,827	18/06/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Cheshire Community Foundation - Ruby's Fund Parent Carer Mental Health and Wellbeing Project
£7,858	31/05/2020	Ruby's Fund is a charity in Congleton which supports children and young people with additional needs and disabilities and their families. Ruby's Fund parent carer mental health and wellbeing project ....more Ruby's Fund is a charity in Congleton which supports children and young people with additional needs and disabilities and their families. Ruby's Fund parent carer mental health and wellbeing project is a 6 month project providing mental health and wellbeing support to parent carers who are have mental health and anxiety associated conditions because of COVID 19, with online telephone counselling and anxiety and wellbeing workshops delivered by Zoom. The grant will be used to pay for trained counsellors and therapists to deliver these sessions with administration support to take referrals, manage bookings, promote the project and write a funders report. It is our aim through this project that we support parent carers to improve their mental health and wellbeing through counselling and workshops where they learn strategies to improve their self care techniques and resilience, with the aim of reducing the risk of the family unit going into crisis and the likelihood of them requiring support from the NHS or social care during the Covid19 pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 Ruby's Wellbeing Project
£9,345	29/05/2020 6	The funding will be used to run a well being project supporting families with children with special educational needs and disabilities who are required to shield. The group aim to improve emotional ....more The funding will be used to run a well being project supporting families with children with special educational needs and disabilities who are required to shield. The group aim to improve emotional mental and physical well being during the current corona virus epidemic.
CAF - Grant to Ruby's Fund
£7,500	01/05/2020 3	Grant to Ruby's Fund to support the organisation through COVID19
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ruby's Fund
£4,176	19/11/2018	We want to buy new sensory equipment for children and young people with disabilities and additional needs.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-64

CAROL BANIFF Appointed: 2022

ADRIAN SWINDELLS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chairman

ANDREW MARK PEAR (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Executive

EMMA FARR MRS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Physiotherapist

JOHN STEWART Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Executive

MATTHEW LEWIS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Architect Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/05/2013, number: 1152148
Registered at Companies House on 21/03/2013, number: 08456065

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
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

10 returns made; AR14: 192 days late,

Main office

Meridian House
Roe Street
CONGLETON
CW12 1PG

Objectives

TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND LEISURE FACILITIES FOR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES WITH ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND/OR SOCIAL NEEDS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROVIDING A MULTISENSORY STUDIO, SOFT PLAY FACILITY AREA, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, RESPITE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT GROUP AFFORDED BY WAY OF FUNDRAISING THROUGH VARIOUS METHODS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF PRODUCTS AND THE OPERATION OF A CAFE.

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