Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

CARERS CENTRE SA LTD 

Provide information, support, advice and advocacy to carers, their families and other people they care for. We operate within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and adjoining areas.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 27 years

www.carerscentre.org.uk

carers@carerscentre.org.uk

02085934422

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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£744£734£10£9£526£5138.4420
31/03/22£734£694£40£13£516£4738.24730
31/03/21£800£688£112£13£476£4097.13630
31/03/20£911£901£9£0£365£3654.94150
31/03/19£845£901£-56£0£355£3484.64569
31/03/18£803£790£13£0£411£3505.3500
31/03/17£770£762£8£12£398£3715.8420
31/03/16£838£863£-25£12£390£3605460
31/03/15£928£898£30£30£416£3865.2200
31/03/14£833£838£-5£29£386£931.3200
31/03/13£825£779£46£37£391£981.5180
31/03/12£784£720£65£38£345£701.2180
31/03/11£743£701£42£27£280£310.5180
31/03/10£627£664£-38£26£238£370.7170
31/03/09£722£659£63£34£276£561170
31/03/08£692£669£23£34£212£330.6160
31/03/07£600£596£5£33£199£240.5310
31/03/06£567£571£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£571£557£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£566£518£48£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 8.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 5.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 42 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, Essex, Thurrock,

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
Henry Smith Charity£240,000
National Lottery Community Fund£152,507
Lloyds Bank Foundation£83,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
Co-Operative Group£15,295
Department for Education£15,000
DCMS£9,666
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carers Centre SA
£2,789 21/10/2023
We will organise fun trips and events that bring carers together giving them a break from their caring and breaking their isolation. Trips and events are a proven way to ensure carers get support.
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Carers' Coronation Events
£5,610 03/03/2023
The funding will be used to host a series of events in celebration of the Kings Coronation for family carers and young carers.. The project aims to reduce isolation improving overall wellbeing and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 20/05/2022
Volunteering steps to employment
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Carers of Barking and Dagenham
£102,000 07/04/2022
36
towards three years‘ running costs of a project providing support for hidden carers from BAME communities, who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, across the London Boroughs of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Carers Health and Wellbeing First
£146,897 24/03/2022
The project is using funding to identify and support early stage carers including those affected by Covid and long-Covid from across Barking Dagenham and Havering. The funding will be used to employ ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carers of Barking and Dagenham
£6,600 23/10/2021
We would like to employ a support worker to identify recently bereaved carers and offer weekly phone contact, mindfulness therapy sessions and bereavement peer support groups.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carers Hub Barking and Dagenham & Havering
£5,906 24/10/2020
We bring communities of carers together to increase respite, reduce anxiety, build resilience, forge friendships, and reduce isolation.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,666 01/10/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Carers of Barking & Dagenham
£8,000 23/07/2020
Grant to Carers of Barking & Dagenham meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Carers of Barking and Dagenham
£3,703 15/05/2020
A grant of £3,703 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Department for Education - Parent Carer Participation grant
£15,000 01/04/2020
To fund 152 Parent Carer Forums to represent and support their local area's SEND parents, carers and families.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Carers of Barking & Dagenham
£138,000 11/09/2019
36
towards three years' running costs of a project supporting carers, and the person they care for, with welfare benefits in Barking and Dagenham and Havering
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Carers of Barking & Dagenham
£75,000 23/05/2019
36
providing support for new carers to enable them to be make positive decisions, improve their mental health and their confidence and to achieve improved employability. The grant will fund salaries of ....more
Department for Education - Parent Carer Participation Grant
£15,000 01/04/2019
To fund 152 Parent Carer Forums to represent and support their local areas SEND parents, carers and families.
Greater London Authority - Grant to Carers of Barking and Dagenham
£41,230 01/03/2019
Young Carers Ambassadors Programme Young carers will be supported to become volunteer ambassadors in the community taking part in social action in their schools, at local fun days and with their ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Carers of Barking and Dagenham
£3,992 19/11/2018
We want to provide respite fun and support to young carers under eight years old. Money will fund staff, venue and activity costs.
Department for Education - Parent Carer Forum Grants (Paid To Multiple Local Parent Carer Forums)
£7,500 01/04/2018
152 parent carer forums (one per LA)
Department for Education - Parent Carer Forum Grants (Paid To Multiple Local Parent Carer Forums)
£7,500 01/04/2018
152 parent carer forums (one per LA)
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Carers Of Barking & Dagenham
£102,752 17/10/2017
36
A range of one to one and group support for young carers who are caring for adults with mental health issues or are affected by substance misuse. Young people will benefit from improved mental ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Health and Well being for Family Carers
£280,850 25/09/2015
60
This new project will support carers and the people that they care for to help manage long term health conditions and support with end of life care. There will also be a focus on identifying and ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Carers of Barking and Dagenham
£105,700 23/09/2015
36
£105,700 over three years (£34,600; £35,200; £35,900) for the salary of a full time Carer and Family Advice Information & Advocacy Worker and associated running costs.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Carers of Barking & Dagenham
£75,000 08/07/2015
36
providing support for new carers to enable them to be make positive decisions, improve their mental health and their confidence and to achieve improved employability. The grant will fund salaries of ....more
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Carers of Barking and Dagenham - 1
£46,788 03/10/2013
IT improvements to the website and monitoring and reporting systems to improve efficiency, professionalism and the sustainability of the organisation.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Carers of Barking & Dagenham
£26,000 29/06/2012
the salary and NI costs of the Carer Advocacy and Support Worker, management, travel, training, administration, finance, audit and telephone costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Developing Volunteer Support Services & Increasing Carers' Resilience
£149,462 08/02/2011
48
The project will target local unemployed people who wish to gain skills, confidence and experience and train them to provide practical and emotional support to carers. This may take the form of ....more
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How is it governed?

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

Age Range of Trustees: 51-91
  • ANAND SINHA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Banking - Risk Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/07/1997, number: 1063485
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/04/1996, number: 03180671
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
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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; all on time
Main office

334 Heathway
Dagenham
RM10 8NJ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO CARERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER PEOPLE THEY CARE FOR. (BASED IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM AND ADJOINING AREAS OR SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE COMPANY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE)

Defined Area of Benefit:

(BASED IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM AND ADJOINING AREAS OR SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE COMPANY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE)

Data Sources

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