Overall GiG Score: 6 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

CARING HANDS 

TO SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF OLDER AND DISABLED PEOPLE LIVING MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE EAST END OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.AROMATHERAPY MASSAGE, BEFRIENDING, BOTTLE IN FRIDGE, COUNSELLING, LAUNDRY COLLECTION & DELIVERY, LIBRARY, LOAN EQUIPMENT, LUNCH CLUB, HANDYMAN, WELFARE ADVICE, GENERAL FIRST STOP ADVICE, SIGNPOSTING, UMBRELLA DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and a Community Foundation

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 30 years

www.caringhandscharity.org.uk

contact@caringhandscharity.org.uk

01912615234

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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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£151£157£-6n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/22£134£139£-5n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/21£158£139£19n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/20*£148£123£24n/an/an/an/an/a27
31/03/19£148£144£4n/an/an/an/an/a34
31/03/18£105£115£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£123£124£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£106£114£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£100£11£88£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£102£108£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£105£102£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£124£101£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£95£94£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£126£85£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£69£72£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£82£70£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£44£69£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£60£65£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£45£66£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£87£65£21£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 35 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne City,

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£17,899
Masonic Trust£15,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£13,846
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£10,000
DCMS£8,260
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 02/02/2023
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Caring Hands - 09/11/22
£2,500 09/12/2022
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Better Daily Living Project
£7,927 04/11/2022
The funding will be used to continue to provide their supported living service for older people and people with a long-term living illness and/or encroaching disability. This will provide support ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Caring Hands
£5,400 10/03/2022
Welfare Rights Advise sessions and organisational core costs to support vulnerable older people in the East End of Newcastle.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Caring Hands
£8,446 17/02/2022
Six-months salary costs for a part-time admin worker co-ordinating services for older people in the East End of Newcastle
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,260 28/08/2020
"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 food and other essentials to people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak
£5,000 09/04/2020
Providing food and other essentials to people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - providing food and other essentials to people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak
£5,000 09/04/2020
providing food and other essentials to people affected by the COVID-19 outbreak
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteers Co-ordinator
£9,972 19/12/2019
5
The funding will be used to employ a volunteer coordinator for the befriending service. The project aims to better train and manage the volunteers who visit older people and people with disabilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring Hands
£206,935 22/11/2018
35
Caring Hands
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Core Costs of General Services
£5,000 27/07/2018
Core Costs of General Services
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Running costs Year 3
£24,700 04/01/2018
Running costs Year 3
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Running costs Year 2
£23,600 01/04/2017
Running costs Year 2
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Lunch Club Costs
£5,590 16/08/2016
Towards Lunch Club Costs
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Running costs Year 1
£22,800 01/04/2016
Towards Running costs Year 1
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Caring Hands Charity
£71,100 10/03/2016
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support, advice and advocacy to carers, older people and those with a disability in Newcastle upon Tyne
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/07/1994, number: 1039527
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
20 returns made; AR20: 58 days late,
Main office

Caring Hands
32-34 Wretham Place
Shieldfield
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1XU

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THOSE PEOPLE WITH A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST END OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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