CARERS FEDERATION LTD

Registered charity 1050779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TCF, THE CARERS FEDERATION LTD, THE CARERS FEDERATION NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTS LTD, THE FED

Provide information and support to carers and the community, those who have a complaint against the NHS, developing training to support our charitable purposes.

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Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £311,555 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £3,077,877 exceed the stated policy target of six months' expenditure (£945,766), indicating sufficient resources to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ expenditure (held: £3.1m)
“The charity's Reserves Policy is to hold at least six months’ expenditure within the balance of Net Current Assets attributable to Unrestricted Funds, which amounts to £945,766 in 2024/25.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Rogers Spencer. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£946k
Employees
37

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.6m£1.3m
31/03/2024£800k£901k
31/03/2023£616k£1.1m
31/03/2022£749k£1.3m
31/03/2021£765k£1.1m

Common questions

Is CARERS FEDERATION LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £311,555 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £3,077,877 exceed the stated policy target of six months' expenditure (£945,766), indicating sufficient resources to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Rogers Spencer.

Who funds CARERS FEDERATION LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARERS FEDERATION LTD as a grant recipient include Reece Family Trust.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Reece Family TrustFY2025£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/10/2025£19kIdentifying and supporting Young Carers in the community through Education
The National Lottery Community Fund21/04/2023£7kIdentifying and supporting Young Carers in the community through Education
The National Lottery Community Fund09/09/2009£448kThe Carers Federation Mentoring Scheme
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/03/2006£5k"This Group Provides Services And Support For Carers In Nottingham. The Project Is To Run Activities To Encourage Community Cohesion And To E"
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2006£5kBECONN Project
The National Lottery Community Fund09/03/2006£150kYoung Person's Support Network
The National Lottery Community Fund05/09/2005£152kTo support young carers on a less intensive but longer- term basis.

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
CARERS FEDERATION LTD£1.6m——above—no doubt
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE FY2025£275k—0within—no doubt
EAST SUSSEX BRIGHTON & HOVE CROSSROADS - CARING FOR CARERS LIMITED FY2025£492k—0within—no doubt
CARE FOR THE CARERS FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
CARERS UK FY2025£4.8m——above—no doubt
THE CARERS' RESOURCE FY2025£4.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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