THE CARE FORUM

Registered charity 1053817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARE FORUM, T C F

A VCS organisation, we promote communication, consultation, networking and partnership working with the voluntary and community sector.We empower adults and young people to voice issues about local social care services.We provide information and advice about voluntary and statutory health and wellbeing services.We are hosts for local involvement networks in West of England

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 March 2025 was £1,348,154, resulting in a net surplus of £176,809. Unrestricted reserves stood at £479,362, which the trustees confirm remains within their stated policy target range of three to six months of operational expenditure. The charity reports being financially stable with sustained funding from local authorities and NHS bodies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1 1” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months of annual operational expenditure (held: £479k)

“TCF will aim to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to three to six months of annual operational expenditure.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Kevin Peltonen-Messenger — CEO (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.

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

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

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£479k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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

Jenny Allenchair
Danielle Yeomans
Dr Catherine Elizabeth Marshall
George Stephen Barnes · trustee of 1 other charity
Robin Richard Butcher
Sarah Okoro

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/03/2024	£749k	£837k
31/03/2023	£730k	£634k
31/03/2022	£594k	£571k
31/03/2021	£717k	£815k

Common questions

Is THE CARE FORUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 March 2025 was £1,348,154, resulting in a net surplus of £176,809. Unrestricted reserves stood at £479,362, which the trustees confirm remains within their stated policy target range of three to six months of operational expenditure. The charity reports being financially stable with sustained funding from local authorities and NHS bodies. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE CARE FORUM earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	04/09/2020	£25k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2019	£100k	Bristol Join Up

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	2	£1.4m
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£172k
THE EVELYN TRUST	1	£144k
MAUDSLEY CHARITY	1	£44k
THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION	1	£43k
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	1	£12k
THE ROTHLEY TRUST	1	£10k
GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERING	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £655k
NORTH TYNESIDE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY income £876k
VOLUNTARY & COMMUNITY income £1.2m
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS' NETWORK NORTH EAST income £1.2m
COMMUNITY ACTION NORTHUMBERLAND income £886k
CROYDON VOLUNTARY ACTION income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CARE FORUM	£1.3m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	within	—	no doubt
PETERBOROUGH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025	£655k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH TYNESIDE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FY2025	£876k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VOLUNTARY & COMMUNITY FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS' NETWORK NORTH EAST FY2025	£1.2m	£60,001 - £70,000	0	below	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY ACTION NORTHUMBERLAND FY2026	£886k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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