CHRISTIAN ACTION AND RESOURCE ENTERPRISE LTD
Registered charity 1027978 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARE SHOP - CARE RENT SCHEME
Relieving poverty, hardship and distress in Grimsby, Cleethorpes and the surrounding area North East Lincolnshire
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that free reserves of £53,431 were below the charity's stated policy target of three to six months of operating costs, a decline attributed to the tapering of a significant funding stream. To address this, the charity implemented restructuring including staff redundancies and is restoring reserves, while the independent auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £53k; policy: three to six months of operating costs)
“At 31 March 2025, free reserves stood at £53,431 (2024- £129,621) which were below this target range.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Mrs. A. M Jones, wife of trustee Mr. D Jones, received remuneration of £5,579.
“Mrs. A. M Jones the wife of trustee Mr. D Jones received remuneration as salary during the year of £5,579 (2024 - £15,062). There were no other trustees’ remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 or for the year ended 31 March 2024.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Byrd Link Audit and Accountancy Services Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CARE (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Anne Bickerstaffe — CEO (source)
- Joe Brumby — Director of Operations (source)
- Vicky Parker — Director of Services (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- JONES, Bryan — director, appointed 30/01/2026on trustee list
- COURT, David, Rt Revd Dr — director, appointed 25/07/2025on trustee list
- BREWIN, Ruth — director, appointed 09/03/2023on trustee list
- ROBINSON, David — director, appointed 01/04/2008on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £303k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£139k
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% 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: 11.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: North East Lincolnshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CHRISTIAN ACTION AND RESOURCE ENTERPRISE LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £53,431 were below the charity's stated policy target of three to six months of operating costs, a decline attributed to the tapering of a significant funding stream. To address this, the charity implemented restructuring including staff redundancies and is restoring reserves, while the independent auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Byrd Link Audit and Accountancy Services Limited.
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