Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 7
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

COOK4CARE

Working with Action For Young Carers, Cook4care support young carers by freeing up time for them to spend with family, friends and on school work. We do this by providing the family with nutritious home cooked meals, delivered to the home twice weekly. We cook 4 days a week at a local rugby club with a team of community volunteers. Meals are delivered by a team of community volunteer drivers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why is the Board completely female?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/24£9£20£-11n/a
31/03/23£24£14£11n/a
31/03/22£18£9£9n/a
31/03/21£4£2£2n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

cook4care.org.uk

cook4care@gmail.com

07818055521

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Cook4care
£5,000 01/11/2022
Funding is towards the running costs of making and delivering meals to young carers and their families in Elmbridge and Runnymede.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Cook4care
£8,000 02/07/2021
23
Funding to provide healthy, nutritious home-cooked meals, to households where children and young adults are registered carers

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DAVINA DAVIE Appointed: 2020
  • KIRSTEN WINIFRED BARBER Appointed: 2020
  • LISA KNUDSON KENT (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • MARIA KATHLEEN ELIZABETH CORRY Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/03/2020, number: 1188704
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

5 MILLBROOK
WEYBRIDGE
KT13 9ST

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SURREY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH CARER NETWORKS AND SCHOOLS TO IDENTIFY YOUNG CARERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN NEED AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH NUTRITIOUS MEALS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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