Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

MORE THAN GRANDPARENTS 

Provides support to kinship carers and their children living in Sunderland and surrounding areas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

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
31/03/23£168£130£38n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/22£71£26£45n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/03/21£115£39£77n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/20£26£24£2n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/19£13£9£4n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/18£12£4£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.morethangrandparents.com

Morethangrandparents@gmail.com

07501191338

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 5 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£222,018
DCMS£35,418
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£30,000
Sport England£15,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£15,000
Masonic Trust£13,500
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to More than Grandparents
£10,000 13/12/2023
Purchase of furniture and sensory equipment for a charity which works with kinship families in Tyne and Wear
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting kinship families in Chester le Street and Durham
£10,000 08/09/2023
The funding will be used to expand the organisations kinship support group and establish a second hub in a new location. The aim is to reach more kinship carers providing more support and reducing ....more
Sport England - Increasing physical activity for kinship carers
£15,000 02/06/2023
This project will deliver sport and physical activity sessions at three locations in the North East. There will be three sessions per week in each location for a period of 20 weeks.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to More than Grandparents
£1,737 22/10/2022
We wish to provide emergency food, clothing, baby equipment and safety equipment to kinship families immediately after the child is placed with them because often, children arrive with nothing.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 24/06/2022
More than Grandparents
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£13,500 16/06/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting kinship families living in poverty in North East England
£180,000 18/05/2022
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The funding will be used over three years towards the salaries of project workers and to recruit a a part-time project officer who will coordinate activities and meet the increasing demand for the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Can Do Cookery
£10,000 22/04/2022
The funding will be used to fund kinship carers who are raising their grandchildren or a relative or friends’ child to learn basic cookery skills for those individuals who cannot live with their ....more
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to More than Grandparents
£30,000 27/01/2022
49% of core operating costs over 3-years for a kinship support charity operating in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to More than Grandparents
£10,000 15/12/2021
The heritage of family: changing attitudes book project
National Lottery Community Fund - Tackling isolation loneliness and providing support to kinship families
£2,500 19/08/2021
This project is to support the development of deeper connections between kinship care givers. The project will provide respite for caregivers to meet others with a shared experience and build ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Reconnecting kinship families after Covid-19
£10,000 23/04/2021
The funding will be used to deliver regular weekly drop-in activity sessions over five months for kinship families which will also provide peer support network access to creche facilities and ....more
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - More than Grandparents - 3
£10,000 04/02/2021
Emergency funding Covid-19 support
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£35,418 02/09/2020
"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
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Providing essentials (excluding food) and arts and crafts to kinship families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, also rent and fuel costs for 3 months
£5,000 22/05/2020
Providing essentials (excluding food) and arts and crafts to kinship families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, also rent and fuel costs for 3 months
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - providing essentials (excluding food) and arts and crafts to kinship families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, also rent and fuel costs for 3 months
£3,500 22/05/2020
providing essentials (excluding food) and arts and crafts to kinship families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, also rent and fuel costs for 3 months
National Lottery Community Fund - Kinship carers peer support
£9,518 23/03/2020
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The funding will be used to continue to deliver weekly peer support sessions for kinship carers and their families. This will also provide participants with access to one to one support, trips, arts ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - supporting kinship families
£9,780 13/12/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide a safe environment and support at the group's new centre for kinship carers and their children to help reduce the risk of placement breakdown. This will provide ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - More than Grandparents
£10,000 25/10/2017
12
The project will provide a safe environment and support for kinship carers and their children to help reduce the risk of placement breakdown. It will provide carers with peer and advocacy support, ....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 02/06/2017, number: 1173253
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Lambton House
First Floor, 145 High Street West
West Sunniside
Tyne and Wear
Sunderland
SR1 1UW

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE BETTER CARE, UPBRINGING AND ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF CHILDREN RESIDING IN SUNDERLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BY A) PROMOTING THE ROLE OF KINSHIP CARE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY GRANDPARENTS, AT ALL LEVELS, PARTICULARLY IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF FAMILY BREAKDOWN, SINGLE PARENTHOOD OR OTHER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS; B) SUPPORTING AND ADVISING GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER KIN WHO ARE ACTING AS, OR INTEND TO ACT AS, CARERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OUTLINED ABOVE C) THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN, THEIR CARERS AND CARERS FAMILIES BY PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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