Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

KOOL CARERS SOUTH EAST LTD 

Providing a safe environment for young carers aged 8 to 18 years, living within the County of Essex, to help reduce their isolation and enhance individual wellbeing.Providing emotional support and respite to young carers.Offering educational and social opportunities that will enhance personal lifeskills and improve well being.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 6 years

www.koolcarers.co.uk

contact@koolcarers.co.uk

01707258287

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/09/22£149,808£175,751£-25,9434
30/09/21£149,090£125,305£23,7854
30/09/20£147,732£86,422£61,3104
30/09/19£101,246£66,440£34,8065
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 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£321,735
Essex Community Foundation£84,521
Masonic Trust£12,000
Co-Operative Group£6,609
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000 31/10/2023
Core costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kool Carers South East
£1,066 21/10/2023
This 7-week programme focusses on enhancing individual health and wellbeing for young carers. Tailored workshops will include positive strategies to balance the stresses of life and build resilience.
National Lottery Community Fund - MH Kool Carers Summer 2023
£4,709 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to run sports crafts and cooking sessions for local young carers. The project aims to provide an alternative to antisocial behaviour as well as improving fitness confidence ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A Home for Kool Carers
£9,936 28/04/2023
The funding will be used to cover the rental and utilities cost of premises to enable groups; advocacy; counselling and respite activities for young carers and their families to continue. The project ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£1,500 20/04/2023
towards respite care for a lone parent with two children who both have complex medical conditions
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£12,000 15/03/2023
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£4,629 16/02/2023
to provide youth safety sessions for young carers in the Basildon and Brentwood area
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kool Carers South East Ltd
£2,469 22/10/2022
We would like to faciliate proactive and interactive workshops on key topical issues facing young carers; including bereavement, coping with loss, managing emotions and building resilience.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£10,000 18/08/2022
to increase the number of young carers groups in the Basildon borough and employ a full time family support worker
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£1,500 28/07/2022
to help those with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to access EMDR Therapy following traumatic events
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£575 06/07/2022
to purchase a mountain bike for a young man with autism and ADHD
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£1,000 20/05/2022
to help continue the development of the organisation and build on areas that have been identified whilst participating on the Thrive Programme
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£20,000 07/04/2022
towards a counselling service for young carers and their families in Basildon
Essex Community Foundation - Jewels of the Crown
£9,000 23/03/2022
towards an intergenerational music project for young carers and adults with dementia in Basildon to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£1,155 25/11/2021
to celebrate the work of staff and volunteers at a young carers organisation in recognition of the team’s hard work and commitment in our communities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kool Carers
£3,074 23/10/2021
We provide respite activities for young carers to enhance their emotional and physical wellbeing.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£1,762 16/06/2021
to provide counselling and support to young carers who have faced bereavement
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£20,000 09/06/2021
to fund increased access and capacity to provide therapeutic support to young carers and their immediate family, using one to one counselling and group work across south east Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£5,000 07/01/2021
towards the employment of a full-time charity administrator to support a young carers charity
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Kool Carers South East Limited
£8,400 24/04/2020
towards providing additional counselling to young carers in Basildon and Brentwood because of the strain put on them during COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring is Kool
£303,600 31/01/2020
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Kool Carers provides a safe, professional and comfortable environment for young carers in Basildon (aged 8 ' 18 years) to develop personal and social relationships. The organisation aims to support ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Kool Science
£3,490 20/06/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to run workshops for young carers to help bring people together and to support curriculum learning.
Essex Community Foundation - Caring In Mind
£5,000 07/03/2019
11
To provide a professional counsellor to support young carers in Basildon
National Lottery Community Fund - See Application (Development Grant)
£50,000 25/02/2019
12
The project will use funding to continue providing a safe, professional and comfortable environment for young carers to allow them to develop personal and social relationships. The project aims to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Fun and Friendship at Grangewaters
£6,510 06/12/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide a three-day respite break for young carers at an outdoor activity centre. The aim of the project is to improve the emotional wellbeing of the young people, give ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/07/2018, number: 1179010
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/09/2017, number: 10961014
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Hansford Brown
Unit 8 Alpha Business Park
Travellers Close
Welham Green
AL9 7NT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG CARERS AGED 8-18 YEARS, LIVING WITHIN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX BY:(I) PROVIDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND RESPITE TO YOUNG CARERS.(II) OFFERING EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL ENHANCE THEIR PERSONAL LIFESKILLS AND IMPROVE WELL BEING.(III) DEVELOPING A NETWORK OF SUPPORT FOR YOUNG CARERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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