Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 8

SUPPORTING CARERS AND FAMILIES TOGETHER

The object of the Charity is to relieve the social, emotional, mental, physical and educational needs of carers and families in the county of Essex, through the provision of support, person and group centres interventions, advice, guidance and signposting to other services as appropriate.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

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: 14 years

www.scaft.org

info@scaft.org.uk

01268741811

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	£116	£103	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/22	£92	£88	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/21	£108	£81	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20	£105	£103	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/03/19	£111	£103	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/18	£90	£88	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£41	£81	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£78	£79	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£98	£103	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£109	£102	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£137	£99	£38	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£123	£105	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£122	£128	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People

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	£195,611
BBC Children in Need	£73,583
Essex Community Foundation	£45,956
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
CAF	£4,550

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Supporting Carers and Families Together
£800	14/02/2023	to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Supporting Carers and Families Together
£8,000	24/11/2022	to contribute to the salary of the service delivery manager of an organisation supporting carers in Rochford
National Lottery Community Fund - SCAFT Young Carers Project
£195,611	12/10/2021	The funding will be used to help continue the service by paying for overheads salaries and sessional staff costs. SCAFT provide social emotional mental physical and educational support to carers and ....more The funding will be used to help continue the service by paying for overheads salaries and sessional staff costs. SCAFT provide social emotional mental physical and educational support to carers and their families in the Rayleigh and Rochford areas of Essex. It provides a range of services and activities for young carers including respite groups one-to-one support in schools a ‘passport’ scheme for young carers so they don’t have to explain their personal circumstances to individual staff members and training and awareness sessions.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Supporting Carers and Families Together
£19,656	26/08/2021	towards the salary of the Service Delivery Manager at a Rochford based organisation which supports young carers and their families
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	12/02/2021	Young Carers
CAF - Grant to Supporting Carers And Families Together
£4,550	05/06/2020 3	Grant to Supporting Carers And Families Together to support the organisation through COVID19
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Supporting Carers and Families Together
£8,500	14/04/2020	to purchase laptop computers and meet additional costs involved in responding to the COVID19 pandemic and helping to sustain an organisation supporting vulnerable young carers in the Rochford area
Essex Community Foundation - Service Delivery Manager
£9,000	13/03/2020 11	towards the salary and on costs of a service delivery manager
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Supporting Carers and Families Together
£73,583	26/06/2019 36	One-to-one and group respite support for young carers in Rochford, Essex. Through these sessions, the project aims to reduce isolation, and increase confidence and access to learning opportunities.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Supporting Carers and Families Together
£7,915	29/05/2018 12	To employ two core staff members for additional hours to develop the capacity at an organisation providing support to carers in Rochford
Essex Community Foundation - Service Delivery Manager
£8,915	20/03/2018 11	Towards the annual salary of the Service Delivery Manager for young and adult carers in Rochford
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Supporting Carers and Families Together
£12,698	13/11/2017 24	This grant will provide a one to one school support service for young carers in Essex. The project will increase participation in school, reduce behaviour issues and increase academic achievement.
National Lottery Community Fund - SCAFT Young Carers Project
£193,974	06/09/2017 36	This project will develop confidence, self-esteem, wellbeing and aspirations of young carers aged six to eighteen by using group sessions and day trips. It will aim to improve relationships between ....more This project will develop confidence, self-esteem, wellbeing and aspirations of young carers aged six to eighteen by using group sessions and day trips. It will aim to improve relationships between young carers, their families and their peers. Activities will include educational and recreational including homework and peer support alongside sports, and arts and crafts. They will receive information on personal health and substance misuse and staff will be available at all times for carers to talk to.
Essex Community Foundation - Service Delivery Manager
£6,000	23/03/2017 11	Towards the annual salary of the Service Delivery Manager for Young Carers and Adult Carers in Rochford
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Supporting Carers and Families Together (SCAFT)
£22,000	31/07/2012	the salary of the Senior Assistant Co-ordinator

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 73-84

ANTHONY COLIN ASHLEY Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired

DAVID EDWARD BARNES Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired

JUNE LUMLEY (Chair) Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired

LYNDA JOY KETTERIDGE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Self Employed Counsellor

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/06/2010, number: 1136245
Registered at Companies House on 25/07/2009, number: 06972805

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

140A HIGH STREET
RAYLEIGH
ESSEX
SS6 7BU

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CARERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE COUNTRY OF ESSEX, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, PERSON AND GROUP CENTRED INTERVENTIONS, ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER SERVICES AS APPROPRIATE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ESSEX

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