Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

RICHMOND CARERS CENTRE 

The charity is a member of the Carers Trust network and provides services to unpaid carers.
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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£841£841£0£0£447£3675.21412
31/03/22£773£702£71£0£448£4026.9118
31/03/21£670£614£56£0£377£3416.71221
31/03/20£638£598£40£0£321£2965.91425
31/03/19£550£542£9£0£281£2756.11122
31/03/18*£551£552£-1£0£273£2325.1100
31/03/17£576£558£17£0£274£2355.1120
31/03/16*£608£567£41£0£257£2234.790
31/03/15£569£555£14£2£215£1994.390
31/03/14£517£495£22£2£201£1914.690
31/03/13£488£429£59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£340£350£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£347£362£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£368£376£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£357£328£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£320£288£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£260£289£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£308£265£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£262£229£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£143£135£8£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: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
Reserves/Spending: 5.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 5.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 22 years

www.richmondcarers.org

info@richmondcarers.org

02088672380

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Care for carers
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Richmond Upon Thames,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Richmond Parish Lands Charity - To Richmond Carers Centre
£33,058 06/06/2023
18
Extension of the young carers in schools pilot.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000 22/10/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-77
  • HARRY YATES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Human Resources Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/06/2002, number: 1092459
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/04/2002, number: 04412793
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
20 returns made; AR18: 22 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR04: 2 days late,
Main office

CAMEO HOUSE
5 BRIAR ROAD
TWICKENHAM
TW2 6RB

Objectives

The Centre is established for the relief of those caring, in an unpaid capacity, for people in need with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health problems, age or illness in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and other such Local Authority areas as the Directors may see fit, by providing practical help, service, support, advocacy, information and education to them.

Defined Area of Benefit:

RICHMOND UPON THAMES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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