Care Rights UK: your care champion

Registered charity 1020194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Care Rights UK, THE RELATIVES AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, THE RELATIVES ASSOCIATION, THE RELATIVES ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Care Rights UK is your care champion, the charity focused on promoting the rights of people in care. We want people to know their rights and how to use them. We offer information, advice and support to empower people using care services, and their relatives and friends. As a community of families and experts, we challenge poor, highlight good practice and demand a better system.

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Latest income
£139k
Latest spending
£350k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £365,223 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by an investment loss of £154,167. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with unrestricted reserves of £2,387,724, which they consider sufficient to secure the charity's immediate future for the next 12 to 18 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months operating costs (held: £2.4m)
“The trustees have reviewed the reserves of the charity and its basic aim remains as in previous years to build and maintain in hand at all times unrestricted general funding reserves equivalent to not less than three to six months operating costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Care Rights UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£139k£350k
31/03/2024£136k£337k
31/03/2023£175k£277k
31/03/2022£142k£230k
31/03/2021£119k£205k

Common questions

Is Care Rights UK: your care champion financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £365,223 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by an investment loss of £154,167. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with unrestricted reserves of £2,387,724, which they consider sufficient to secure the charity's immediate future for the next 12 to 18 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Care Rights UK: your care champion?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Care Rights UK: your care champion as a grant recipient include CSIS CHARITY FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CSIS CHARITY FUNDFY2022£17kSupport for a guidance for care workers on the importance of diagnosing and treating hearing problems in care settings and on handling medication.
CSIS CHARITY FUNDFY2023£5kGrant for communicating to more older people and their families facing problems with care

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government18/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACCESS YOUR RIGHT TO CARE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Care Rights UK: your care champion£139k—0unclear—no doubt
ACCESS YOUR RIGHT TO CARE FY2025£2.8m——below—no doubt
CARERS UK FY2025£4.8m——above—no doubt
DISABILITY RIGHTS UK FY2025£2.2m——unclear—no doubt
CARERS TRUST FY2025£13.0m——above8.0%no doubt
CARE ENGLAND FY2025£1.2m£160,001 - £170,000—above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.