Overall GiG Score: 17 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9

IF U CARE SHARE FOUNDATION 

Suicide prevention training. Advocacy. Suicide Bereavement support - listening ear. Awareness Days for Schools & Groups of young people aged 14 -24 years. Youth mental health first aid training. Provider of emotional and mental health training to League Football Education and Premier League . Partnership work . Suicide prevention training for peer support service to Durham University.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age
Established: 13 years

www.ifucareshare.co.uk

DEAN@IFUCARESHARE.CO.UK

01913875661

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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
31/01/23£1,227£1,218£9£0£1,034£4954.9345
31/01/22£760£771£-11£0£1,025£2463.82512
31/01/21*£947£621£326£0£1,036£2875.5226
31/01/20£889£575£313£0£710£2745.71840
31/01/19£508£480£28£0£397£2436.11515
31/01/18£311£380£-69£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/17£402£248£154£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/16£346£230£116£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/15£256£255£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/14£243£203£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/13£197£115£82£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/12*£88£46£41£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 48%
Reserves/Spending: 4.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 4.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 34 employees
  • 5 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

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£496,300
County Durham Community Foundation£58,076
DCMS£54,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£24,688
Alex Ferry Foundation£18,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to If U Care Share Foundation
£1,787 21/10/2023
We would like to buy resources to provide bespoke support to those at risk or affected by suicide, e.g. aromatherapy and alternative therapies.
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£8,700 06/03/2023
community grant
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£2,500 13/02/2023
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
National Lottery Community Fund - Suicide Prevention and Bereavement Response
£489,200 21/12/2022
This funding will be used to provide suicide prevention and bereavement support across the North East of England. The project aims to provide support based on locally identified needs in the ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Suicide Prevention Support Boxes
£5,000 14/09/2022
Towards Suicide Prevention Support Boxes.
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to If U Care Share Foundation
£5,000 01/06/2022
Discretionary grant awarded
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£5,000 01/04/2022
community grant
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£5,000 01/04/2022
community grant
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to If U Care Share
£5,000 22/07/2021
Providing suicide prevention packs to individuals who are at risk of taking their own life in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
County Durham Community Foundation - Suicide Prevention - County Durham
£25,000 21/06/2021
To support a suicide prevention service.
County Durham Community Foundation - Suicide Monitoring Technology
£5,000 14/04/2021
To develop a new piece of technology to track and record suicide data in County Durham.
County Durham Community Foundation - Emotional and Mental Health Support Sessions
£3,276 24/03/2021
Towards Emotional and Mental Health Support Sessions.
County Durham Community Foundation - Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support
£4,800 18/11/2020
Towards suicide prevention and mental health support.
County Durham Community Foundation - Suicide Prevention and Bereavement Support
£10,000 25/09/2020
To support a suicide prevention and bereavement support project.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£54,000 05/08/2020
"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 - This award will Support people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Tyne & Wear, in particular suicide prevention Support
£5,000 30/04/2020
This award will Support people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Tyne & Wear, in particular suicide prevention Support
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - This award will support people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Tyne & Wear, in particular suicide prevention support
£5,000 30/04/2020
This award will support people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Tyne & Wear, in particular suicide prevention support
County Durham Community Foundation - Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support
£5,000 06/04/2020
Towards suicide prevention and mental health support.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - running emotional and mental health sessions (EAMH) to young people across the North East
£9,688 02/04/2020
running emotional and mental health sessions (EAMH) to young people across the North East
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Therapies to help people in North Tyneside who are at risk of suicide or who have lost loved ones to suicide
£5,000 12/03/2020
Therapies to help people in North Tyneside who are at risk of suicide or who have lost loved ones to suicide
The Shears Foundation - If U Care Share Foundation
£10,000 11/11/2019
Emotional And Mental Health (EAMH) Training
National Lottery Community Fund - Inside Out - Ask Me Why
£7,100 16/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to support local people, school hildren, and community groups raise awareness ' through events, social media, and marketing materials ' about mental health issues, as part of ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Primary School Emotional and Mental Health programme at Western Primary School
£4,675 11/02/2019
Primary School Emotional and Mental Health programme at Western Primary School
County Durham Community Foundation - Suicide Health Awareness Responsibility and Enterprise (SHARE) Award
£5,000 24/10/2018
To encourage young people to get into fund raising.
County Durham Community Foundation - Crisis Help
£3,500 26/07/2017
To support the "Crisis Help" project which is to supportthose at risk of suicide.
County Durham Community Foundation - Suicide Prevention Service
£7,493 23/05/2017
Towards a suicide prevention service.
National Lottery Community Fund - Care to Share
£10,000 16/05/2013
12
This is a project by a charity in County Durham. The organisation will use the funding to pilot their 'Care to Share' project to provide a package of therapies, activities and workshops through a new ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - SHARE - (Suicide,Help&Support, Awareness Raising,Reduction,Education&Traini
£411,854 17/10/2012
60
This project will continue and develop the existing services which aim to support families bereaved by suicide and YP and adults at risk of suicide in the North East of England. The project will ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/05/2011, number: 1142001
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/01/2011, number: 07505273
Gift Aid
  • 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR21: 17 days late, AR12: 108 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CHARLEY-ANN PATTERSON TRUST on 14/07/2023
Main office

27 The Close East
South Pelaw
Chester le Street
DH2 2EY

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF ANY PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED SUICIDE RELATED BEREAVEMENT, PARTICULARLY THE DEATH OF A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF: BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT, LISTENING, ADVICE, COUNSELING OR OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES.TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL, AWARENESS RAISING AND SUPPORT RESOURCES, MATERIALS AND PACKAGES.SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER EVENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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