HELP AND CARE
Registered charity 1055056 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Help and Care is an independent, people-led organisation which work with older people, carers and local communities at the forefront of delivering partnership services with the public sector and developing a range of innovative information and support services whilst maintaining effective engagement with local communities.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £282,989 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets to £2,319,558. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £2,210,918 represent approximately 5.8 months' costs, which they deem sufficient against their policy target of 3 to 9 months. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 3 to 9 months of costs (held: £2.2m)
“Help and Care are aiming to establish unrestricted reserves at a minimum level of 3 months and a maximum of 9 months' costs.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Adrian Dawson — Chair of Trustees (source)
- Des Persse — Director of Services (source)
- Kathryn Loughnan — Director of Partnerships, Research and Influence (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.
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.
- CURRIN, Julie Christine — director, appointed 09/08/2024on trustee list
- ASHCROFT, Peter — director, appointed 11/12/2023on trustee list
- JENKIN, Stephen — director, appointed 11/12/2023on trustee list
- DAWSON, John Adrian — director, appointed 23/07/2015on trustee list
- HOVEY, Lisa Ann — secretary, appointed 23/02/2026
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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 · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~5.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (19/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (01/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (14/01/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- John Adrian Dawsonchair
- Claire Michele Foreman
- Julie Currin
- Peter Ashcroft
- Stephen Jenkin · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HELP AND CARE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £282,989 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets to £2,319,558. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £2,210,918 represent approximately 5.8 months' costs, which they deem sufficient against their policy target of 3 to 9 months. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.
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