Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -6

CARING AND SHARING TRUST

Provides day-care and other support services for people with learning disabilities, their families and carers.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely 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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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	£104	£184	£-80	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/22	£186	£183	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21	£197	£162	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/20	£117	£189	£-72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/19	£121	£185	£-63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	£121	£185	£-64	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£140	£176	£-36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£129	£183	£-54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£172	£188	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£157	£183	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£188	£203	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£133	£162	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£166	£175	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£180	£180	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£229	£177	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£226	£170	£56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£253	£183	£70	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£273	£206	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£271	£215	£56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£277	£212	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 38 years

admin@cottonsfarmhouse.org

01604891487

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

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	£17,000
Northamptonshire Community Foundation	£10,000
DCMS	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - My Lockdown
£7,000	30/09/2021	The funding will be used as a contribution to enable people with learning disabilities to express their own experience of the pandemic through art photography the written word and poetry. People ....more The funding will be used as a contribution to enable people with learning disabilities to express their own experience of the pandemic through art photography the written word and poetry. People involved spent a considerable time shielding during the lockdown restrictions and this project gives them a way to express their own experiences in a safe and creative environment.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Positive Images
£3,000	16/08/2021	Positive Images - photo therapy programme
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - "My Lockdown"
£5,000	06/07/2021	"My Lockdown"
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - salary and core costs
£2,000	22/02/2021	The grant will help cover salary and core costs of continuing services
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£3,000	15/06/2020	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 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 and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Tackling Isolation
£10,000	22/05/2020 12	The group will use the funding to support people living with learning disabilities who are isolated as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. This will engage people in positive social activities and ....more The group will use the funding to support people living with learning disabilities who are isolated as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. This will engage people in positive social activities and reduce isolation.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Gender Split

LENA DAVIS (Chair)

IRIS LUCY HOLLAND, Other trusteeships: Learning Disability Resource Centre, THE UMBRELLA FUND,

TRACEY ANNABELLA ORCHARD Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: CHILDREN'S AID TEAM, Learning Disability Resource Centre,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/01/1986, number: 327001

Gift Aid

NOT 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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

COTTONS FARMHOUSE
WHISTON ROAD
COGENHOE
NORTHANTS
NN7 1NL

Objectives

UPON TRUST TO PAY OR APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE TRUST FUND FOR THE TREATMENT HELP AND /OR RELIEF BY ANY AND EVERY CHARITABLE MEANS OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND /OR PHYSICAL HANDICAP. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2(I) - (VII) OF THE TRUST DEED)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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