Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Good reserves management: +3
Reasonable growth: +1
Fundraising costs low: +3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 13

NEWCASTLE CARERS

Services for carers include advocacy, counselling, carer support groups, applying for grants, complementary therapies, training, referrals, information giving, future planning, mediation and support.Services are delivered in the way that best suits the individual carer. We also advance education concerning carers among the public, and among private, statutory and voluntary sector organsiations.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Established: 12 years

www.newcastlecarers.org.uk

info@newcastlecarers.org.uk

01912755060

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	*	£920	£1,005	£-85	£0	£598	£559	6.7	23	9
31/03/22		£842	£861	£-19	£1	£683	£556	7.7	24	8
31/03/21		£895	£719	£176	£0	£701	£537	9	18	8
31/03/20		£862	£668	£194	£2	£525	£449	8.1	19	22
31/03/19		£686	£710	£-24	£1	£331	£302	5.1	19	42
31/03/18		£651	£525	£126	£2	£355	£247	5.6	15	0
31/03/17		£497	£476	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£479	£448	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£445	£454	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£463	£390	£73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£460	£347	£113	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 24%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 6.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 4

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Newcastle Upon Tyne City,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

23 employees
9 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

Triangle Trust 1949 Fund	£70,000
The Ballinger Charitable Trust	£60,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£10,135
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Newcastle Carers
£15,000	17/06/2022	Improving young carers' life chances
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - the organisation's charitable objects
£1,000	07/01/2021	the organisation's charitable objects
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Newcastle Carers
£10,135	24/07/2020	Grant to Newcastle Carers meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Newcastle Carers - 4
£10,000	28/05/2020	Emergency funding Covid-19 support
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support for carers in Newcastle during the Covid 19 pandemic
£5,000	07/05/2020	Support for carers in Newcastle during the Covid 19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - support for carers in Newcastle during the Covid 19 pandemic
£5,000	07/05/2020	support for carers in Newcastle during the Covid 19 pandemic
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Newcastle Carers - 3
£60,000	10/10/2019	We want to improve our future resilience to establish credibility with the North of Tyne Combined Authority to secure additional opportunities and new investment for carers: evidencing the quality ....more We want to improve our future resilience to establish credibility with the North of Tyne Combined Authority to secure additional opportunities and new investment for carers: evidencing the quality and impact of our work.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Newcastle Carers
£45,000	14/06/2019 36	Improving young carers' life chances
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Newcastle Carers
£73,347	20/03/2018 36	For the costs of delivering support to the carers of people with dementia in Newcastle Dementia centre at points of key transition in the caring journey for carers.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Continuation funding of the salary and on costs of the Volunteer Development Worker - Year 2
£34,000	01/04/2017	Continuation funding of the salary and on costs of the Volunteer Development Worker - Year 2
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Education and training: Young adult carers reach their potential
£8,100	23/03/2017	Towards Education and training: Young adult carers reach their potential
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Continuation funding of the salary and on costs of the Volunteer Development Worker - Year 1
£33,000	20/03/2017	Towards Continuation funding of the salary and on costs of the Volunteer Development Worker - Year 1
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Newcastle Carers
£101,600	09/03/2017 36	towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of the Volunteer Development Worker at a project providing support, advice and information to adult carers in Newcastle upon Tyne
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Supporting women carers from BME communities
£2,978	07/11/2016	Towards Supporting women carers from BME communities
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Newcastle Carers
£11,202	16/12/2015 12	providing services for carers in and around the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne, including advocacy, support groups and training. The grant will fund a content management system and improvement to the ....more providing services for carers in and around the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne, including advocacy, support groups and training. The grant will fund a content management system and improvement to the organisations website.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Salary and on-costs of a Volunteer Development Worker yr 2
£31,100	01/04/2015	Towards Salary and on-costs of a Volunteer Development Worker yr 2
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Newcastle Carers
£61,400	11/09/2014 24	towards two years' salary of a Volunteer Development Worker at a project providing support and advice for carers in Newcastle Upon Tyne

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-45

AMBER JADE JASMINE ANDERSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Accountant, Other trusteeship: GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST,

BRIDGET HAMILTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Writer

BRIDGET THIRSK Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Project Manager

DEAN JAMES PHYTHIAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Communications Director

MARY KATHERINE YOUNGS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Technology Consultant

RACHEL LOUISE BROWN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Assistant Director In Higher Education

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/01/2012, number: 1145373
Registered at Companies House on 02/12/2011, number: 07869359

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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

11 returns made; AR23: 21 days late,

Main office

Newcastle Carers Centre
135-139 Shields Road
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE6 1DN

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE—(A) TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CARERS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OFNEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION,ADVOCACY, TRAINING, COUNSELLING, SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP AND SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS THETRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION CONCERNING CARING AMONGST CARERS, THE PUBLIC, ANDPROFESSIONAL AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

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