Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 3

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

CRACKERJACKS CHILDREN'S TRUST

Crackerjacks provide specialist equipment and respite breaks to disabled children throughout the United Kingdom.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
28/02/23	£242	£260	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
28/02/22	£223	£183	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
28/02/21	£184	£99	£84	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
29/02/20	£172	£174	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
28/02/19	£175	£149	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
28/02/18	£149	£138	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/17	£145	£128	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
29/02/16	£173	£170	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/15	£160	£159	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/14	£108	£106	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/13	£49	£50	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

crackerjacks.org.uk

info@crackerjacks.org.uk

03001240122

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Crackerjack's Childrens Trust
£750	12/04/2023 12	Purchase of Bubble Tube and Sensory Curtain for twins with severe autism
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£62,731	09/10/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

JAY CARTWRIGHT Appointed: 2012

MARK DEARDEN Appointed: 2012

PAULINA LIPIEC Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/03/2012, number: 1146586

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

11 returns made; all on time

Main office

24A Worcester Street
KIDDERMINSTER
Worcestershire
DY10 1ED

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF CHILDREN DIAGNOSED AND SUFFERING FROM A SEVERE DISABILITY, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

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