Camden Carers

Registered charity 1042757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMDEN CARERS CENTRE

Provision of advice, information to unpaid carers through 1:1 support. support groups, counselling service. Carers Support Workers based in the community and in local hospitals

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Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £19,313 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £91,408 to £72,095. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £39,454 are below their stated policy target of two months' operating costs (£120,000). Despite the deficit, the auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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: £39k; policy: two months' operating costs)
“The general reserve is currently £39,454 (2024: £63,711) so is below 1 month of operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£39k
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2024£1.0m£995k
31/03/2023£938k£1.1m
31/03/2022£910k£951k
31/03/2021£878k£856k

Common questions

Is Camden Carers financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £19,313 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £91,408 to £72,095. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £39,454 are below their stated policy target of two months' operating costs (£120,000). Despite the deficit, the auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

Who funds Camden Carers?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Camden Carers as a grant recipient include CARERS TRUST, THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CARERS TRUSTFY2023£186kNetwork Partner Grant
CARERS TRUSTFY2022£146kNetwork Partner grant
CARERS TRUSTFY2024£97kNetwork Partner grant
CARERS TRUSTFY2025£47kGrant to Network Partner
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUSTFY2023£15kto increase staff hours to provide additional support to carers

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Camden Council25/09/2024£9kGrant to Camden Carers
London Borough of Camden25/09/2024£9kGrant to Camden Carers
UK government18/09/2020£7kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Camden Giving09/04/2020£3kCamden Carers Centre
Sport England05/10/2017£10kBoxingFit4CamdenCarers
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2014£10kCamden Carers Exercise Project
City Bridge Foundation10/01/2013£96kGrant to Camden Carers Centre

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 CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Camden Carers£1.1m—0below—no doubt
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE FY2025£275k—0within—no doubt
CARERS SUPPORT WEST SUSSEX FY2026£4.2m——within—no doubt
ACTION FOR FAMILY CARERS FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
CARERS LEEDS FY2025£1.9m——above—no doubt

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