THE CARERS CENTRE FOR BRIGHTON AND HOVE LIMITED

Registered charity 1015728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CARERS' CENTRE, THE CARERS' CENTRE ASSOCIATION (HOVE) LIMITED

The Carers Centre for Brighton & Hove takes a holistic approach to all its work, considering the needs of carers, and those they care for. Core activities include information and advice giving, advocacy work, emotional support, one to one casework, support groups and activities for both adult carers and young carers.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND RELIEVE THE SICKNESS OF CARERS AND THOSE PERSONS FOR WHOM THEY ARE CARING IN THE AREA AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION CONCERNING CARING AMONGST CARERS AND THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF THE BOROUGH OF BRIGHTON & HOVE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS.A CARER IS "ANYONE WHO IS LEADING A RESTRICTED LIFE BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO LOOK AFTER A PERSON WHO IS MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OR ILL OR IMPAIRED BY OLD AGE".

Area of benefit: BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS - EAST SUSSEX

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a system-generated activity report confirming the transmission of files via a portal, rather than the financial accounts themselves. Consequently, no financial data regarding reserves, income, or expenditure is available for analysis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02758481

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Carers Centre For Brighton And Hove Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BARTLETT, Samantha — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
• THOMAS, Celine — director, appointed 27/09/2023on trustee list
• DAY, Brigid Leah — director, appointed 16/07/2020on trustee list
• PIKE, James Philip — director, appointed 18/07/2019on trustee list
• LAVER, Jeremy — director, appointed 18/07/2019on trustee list
• LEWIS, Feylyn — director, appointed 19/07/2018on trustee list
• SELVARATNAM, Vasan — director, appointed 17/07/2014not on trustee list
• LAMBERT, Thomas Christopher — secretary, appointed 17/12/2018

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vas Selvaratnamchair
• Brigid Day
• Celine Thomas
• Dr Feylyn Lewis
• James Pike
• Jeremy Laver
• Samantha Bartlett

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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