Overall GiG Score: 4 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

CENTRAL CARERS ASSOCIATION (FALKIRK & CLACKMANNAN) 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 26 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £801,408 £846,683 £877,662 £1,029,410 £1,294,902 £1,384,770
Donations & Legacies £23,851 £15,587 £24,538 £5,540 £10,541
Other Income £7,343 £7,977 £6,852 £4,500 £1,640
Investment Income £1,525 £1,880 £1,423 £1,205 £756 £267
Total income £881,530 £872,845 £911,176 £1,040,655 £1,306,199 £1,391,655
Charitable activities spending £877,233 £1,044,019 £914,455 £961,502 £1,139,922 £1,355,249
Fundraising costs 0% 0%
Other spending
Total spending £877,310 £1,044,019 £914,460 £961,502 £1,139,922 £1,355,249
Surplus/deficit £4,220 -£171,174 -£3,284 £79,153 £166,277 £36,406
What it does
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Who it helps
  • Other defined groups
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
Where it operates
  • More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: Falkirk

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - Central Carers Association (Falkirk and Clackmannan)
£6,224 27/04/2020
Detailed information not yet available.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Falkirk and Clackmannanshire Carers Centre
£30,000 08/08/2019
36
Fun monthly groups in Falkirk and Clackmannanshire for young carers. Activities such as roller disco, archery, thera-pet and pampering sessions will improve wellbeing, confidence and reduce isolation.
Robertson Trust - The salary costs of the Young Adult Carers Service Manager
£57,000 13/03/2018
The salary costs of the Young Adult Carers Service Manager

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (4)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 72-82
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 01/04/1998, number: SC023658
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/04/1998, number: SC184443
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bank Chambers, 1A Bank Street, Falkirk, FK1 1NB

Objectives

(a) To alleviate the conditions of life and stress felt amongst people who, irrespective of age, are, or in the recent past have been, looking after relatives or friends, who, because of disability, illness or frailty cannot manage to live in the community without assistance or who may be in residential care or who are supported in living independently, and who are in necessitous circumstances, and of dependants of carers being dependants themselves in necessitous circumstances, in the Falkirk District and Clackmannanshire and for that purpose to promote the material welfare of such carers as aforesaid (b) To relieve and alleviate, and to advance, promote, encourage and assist in the relief or alleviation of all kinds of mental and physical infirmity, sickness, including mental illness attributable to caring, amongst carers and those for whom they care (c) To advance education relating to caring

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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