Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -3
Fundraising costs high: -3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 14

CHERRY TREES

Our mission is to be a force for good by transforming lives through exceptional home from home care for children with all disabilities and their families. Respite is offered to children aged 0-19 years, anything from a 2 hour tea visit up to a 16 night stay. Our ethos of child first, disability second is central to us achieving our aims for each of the children that access our services.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
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

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £4,451,826 available, equivalent to 34 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

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	£1,602	£1,549	£52	£242	£4,605	£4,452	34.5	49	200
31/03/22	£1,332	£1,421	£-88	£210	£4,807	£4,656	39.3	49	200
31/03/21	£1,457	£1,337	£119	£204	£4,797	£4,639	41.6	45	205
31/03/20	£1,423	£1,339	£84	£219	£4,123	£4,084	36.6	44	100
31/03/19	£1,436	£1,349	£86	£208	£4,267	£4,058	36.1	48	102
31/03/18	£1,262	£1,313	£-50	£180	£4,116	£3,899	35.6	50	0
31/03/17	£1,363	£1,388	£-25	£220	£4,073	£3,920	33.9	47	0
31/03/16	£1,243	£1,248	£-4	£199	£3,724	£3,679	35.4	43	0
31/03/15	£975	£1,113	£-138	£141	£3,808	£3,802	41	38	0
31/03/14	£1,009	£1,088	£-79	£127	£3,822	£3,781	41.7	38	0
31/03/13	£1,005	£1,065	£-60	£121	£3,840	£3,768	42.5	38	0
31/03/12	£906	£991	£-85	£120	£3,683	£3,568	43.2	36	0
31/03/11	£931	£973	£-42	£121	£3,796	£3,712	45.8	36	0
31/03/10	£955	£946	£9	£110	£3,692	£3,651	46.3	37	0
31/03/09	£973	£843	£130	£85	£3,193	£3,045	43.3	41	0
31/03/08	£793	£827	£-34	£85	£3,573	£3,514	51	40	0
31/03/07	£723	£803	£-81	£67	£3,692	£3,647	54.5	39	0
31/03/06	£626	£697	£-71	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£603	£579	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£786	£574	£212	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 31.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 34.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 36 years

www.cherrytrees.org.uk

Clare.Colborne-baber@cherrytrees.org.uk

01483 222507

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Surrey,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£497,500
DCMS	£49,500
Community Foundation for Surrey	£43,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£37,500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cherry Trees
£2,265	21/10/2023	We would like to fund activities to nurture parent and sibling carers' mental wellbeing. Caring for young people with disabilities can be exhausting and isolating, so support is needed.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000	16/12/2022	24 hour and Overnight respite stays for children with disabilities
Community Foundation for Surrey - Bursary Fund Project
£10,000	11/10/2022	Funding is towards Cherry Tree's Bursary Fund to support children with special needs and their families in Surrey to meet the costs of respite care.
Community Foundation for Surrey - A multi-year core-cost grant award for a charity supporting people with severe disabilities
£3,000	05/04/2022	A multi-year core-cost grant award for a charity supporting people with severe disabilities
National Lottery Community Fund - 24hr and overnight respite stays for children with disabilities
£497,500	24/03/2022	The project is using funding to continue providing overnight stays for children with disabilities at their care home in rural Surrey. The aim is to enable children and young people to access ....more The project is using funding to continue providing overnight stays for children with disabilities at their care home in rural Surrey. The aim is to enable children and young people to access enjoyable activities and entertainment in a supportive and safe space as well as increase their independence skills over time.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cherry Trees
£2,617	23/10/2021	Our aim is to buy a new swing and swing basket for our garden and sensory areas to enhance the lives of the young people that visit Cherry Trees.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500	11/09/2020	Sensory garden and sensory play area
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£25,000	28/07/2020 6	Funding toward the essential running costs of a charity that offers respite for families with children that have multiple disabilities, during the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£49,500	17/07/2020	"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."
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - People with Disabilities
£5,000	01/04/2020	Funding towards the essential running costs of a children's charity offering respite care to the parents of children with severe and complex needs, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - 24 hour respite stays for children with disabilities
£180,000	31/10/2018 36	The funding will go towards 24hr respite care for children and young people aged 0-19 with complex disabilities. With an ethos of 'child first, disability second', Cherry Trees take a holistic ....more The funding will go towards 24hr respite care for children and young people aged 0-19 with complex disabilities. With an ethos of 'child first, disability second', Cherry Trees take a holistic approach, working with the whole family to provide positive overnight stays. This allows parents and siblings to have a break from the demands of daily and overnight care for their child or children. This acts as a preventative measure in helping to stop the breakdown of families.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	09/10/2017	Bursary Fund Appeals
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Cherry Trees
£5,052	04/08/2017	A new sensory suite will be used for therapy sessions for more children with limited communication skills who love this soothing space.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - High Sheriff of Tyne & Wear Award
£2,500	04/12/2015	High Sheriff of Tyne & Wear Award

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-77

AILSA DOOLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: General Practitioner

CATHRYN CULVERHOUSE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

CLIVE STRONG Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Corporate Investigator

DAVID MARSHALL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

EILEEN BRUCE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Music And Special Needs Support Assistant

HEATH WILLIAMS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ceo Sales Acceleration Robotic Technology Company

MICHAEL DAVID EVANS Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Retired Bank Manager

SIMON RUNTON Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Managing Director

SUSAN WALKER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Deputy Headteacher

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/11/1988, number: 800222
Registered at Companies House on 06/04/1988, number: 02241223

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

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
Investment
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

20 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE F G ROBERTS CHARITABLE TRUST on 17/03/2023

Main office

CHERRY TREES
SCHOOL LANE
EAST CLANDON
GUILDFORD
GU4 7RS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF THE DISABLED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING ACCOMMODATION OR PLACES FOR TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT CARE OR TREATMENT (OR BOTH) FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH LEARNING AND/OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES ESPECIALLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THOSE LIVING OR RECEIVING TREATMENT IN THE SOUTH WESTERN PART OF SURREY, AND BY VISITING SUCH CHILDREN OR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR OWN HOMES TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY CARE OR TREATMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY SOUTH WESTERN SURREY

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