SEFTON CARERS CENTRE
Registered charity 1050808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
TO SUPPORT CARERS IN THE PROVISION OF CENTRE BASED AND OUTREACH SERVICES EG.SUPPORT GROUPS,HOLISTIC CARE,ADVOCACY,INFORMATION DATA BASE,SOCIAL EVENTS AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADVICE.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £304,727 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by charitable activities and investment income. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £176,662, while designated funds totalled £1,427,872, providing resilience against financial risks. The trustees note that while the charity remains reliant on Council funding, recent successful contract bids provide five years of financial stability.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 4 weeks of operating costs, 5% of staffing costs, £138,000 for staff retention, £10,000 for legal costs, £29,000 for building and equipment (held: £177k)
“£29,150 is required to maintain the short-term reserve, representing 4 weeks of operating costs. To maintain the long-term reserve, at 5% of staffing costs, an additional £14,250 is required. Due to the current uncertainty around Council contracts £138,000 has been added to the staff retention reserve. A sum of £10,000 has been set aside to assist with legal costs for contract bids and £29,000 has been added to the building and equipment reserve.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- BARTRAM-PADDAN, Kulwant — director, appointed 19/06/2025on trustee list
- NEWTON, Kathryn Margaret — director, appointed 12/03/2025on trustee list
- HOWARD, Paul Anthony — director, appointed 31/05/2024on trustee list
- RIMMER, Susan — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
- MCMILLAN, Jacqueline Carol — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
- MCCULLOUGH, David Allan — director, appointed 20/01/2022on trustee list
- BRIDSON, Andrew Mark — director, appointed 17/09/2015on trustee list
- KUNDI, Mo Singh — director, appointed 12/09/2013on trustee list
- COVENTRY, Pauline Wendy — director, appointed 27/09/2004on trustee list
- KEELEY, Victoria Karen — secretary, appointed 03/11/2016
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
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.
CQC provider record: Sefton Carers Centre — Deregistered, 1 registered location.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.1 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 (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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- MO KUNDIchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Andrew Mark Bridson
- DAVID MCCULLOUGH · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jacqueline Carol McMillan
- Kathryn Newton
- Kulwant Bartram-Paddan
- PAULINE WENDY COVENTRY · trustee of 1 other charity
- Paul Anthony Howard
- Susan Rimmer
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Sefton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SEFTON CARERS CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £304,727 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by charitable activities and investment income. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £176,662, while designated funds totalled £1,427,872, providing resilience against financial risks. The trustees note that while the charity remains reliant on Council funding, recent successful contract bids provide five years of financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.
Who funds SEFTON CARERS CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SEFTON CARERS CENTRE as a grant recipient include SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE, THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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