BE FREE YOUNG CARERS LTD

Registered charity 1042708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SOUTH AND VALE CARERS CENTRE

Be Free Young Carers supports young carers aged 8 to 17 years old, by providing 1 21 emotional support, respite activities, 13 plus Youth Club, bespoke befriending service and offering training in practical skills, all of which helps reduce the anxiety and stress so many young carers experience and increases mental health.

Objects

1) TO ALLEVIATE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE CARING OR HAVE CARED FOR ELDERLY, SICK, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR OTHERWISE INFIRM PERSONS AT HOME AND WHO ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROMOTE THE MATERIAL WELFARE OF SUCH CARERS AS AFORESAID TO RELIEVE AND ALLEVIATE AND TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OR ALLEVIATION OF ALL KINDS OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL INFIRMITY, SICKNESS, DISABLEMENT OR HANDICAP INCLUDING MENTAL ILLNESS ATRIBUTABLE TO CARING AMONG CARERS AND THOSE PERSONS FOR WHOM THEY ARE CARING IN SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE AND THE VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PART THAT CARERS AND CARING CAN PLAY GENERALLY

Area of benefit: SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE AND THE VALE OF THE WHITE HORSE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

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Registered contact address: Vale of White Horse, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus of £26,032 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds at year end amounting to £314,609. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £279,133 in free reserves, which satisfies its stated policy target of £100,000. The filing confirms 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Be Free Young Carers (matched by registered charity number).

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Caldicott
• Carol Dunne
• Gavin Jones
• Laurie Cooper
• Nicola Mellings

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WARWICKSHIRE YOUNG CARERS.

• WARWICKSHIRE YOUNG CARERS income £195k
• SHEFFIELD YOUNG CARERS PROJECT income £647k
• BASINGSTOKE & DISTRICT YOUNG CARERS income £67k
• YORK CARERS CENTRE income £679k
• MAKING A DIFFERENCE income £30k
• YOUNG CARERS DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £209k

Side by side with its peers

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