REDBRIDGE CARERS SUPPORT SERVICE

Registered charity 1057505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R C S S

Redbridge Carers Support Service (RCSS) aims to make a positive difference to the lives of unpaid carers in the diverse communities of Redbridge by providing them with a range of services, support and recognition.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY ARISING FROM AGE, SICKNESS OR MENTAL DISABILITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE WHO ARE DEPENDANT ON OTHERS FOR THEIR DAILY CARE BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL HELP, SERVICE, ADVICE, SUPPORT, ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION TO SPOUSES, PARTNERS, AND RELATIVES WHO HAVE AN UNPAID RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR DAILY CARE AND TREATMENT ("THE CARERS") 2. TO ADVACE PUBLIC EDUCUATION CONCERNING THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF THOSE REQUIRING SUCH FULL TIME CARE AND TREATMENT BECAUSE OF AGE, DISABILITY OR SICKNESS

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Redbridge, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing resource of £84,513 for the year, resulting in a decrease in net funds from £234,996 to £180,922. The trustees report that they have reviewed reserves and increased them to reflect risk, ensuring the fund is sufficient to meet potential expenditure or loss of income. Per the auditor's report, the financial statements give a true and fair view and were 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

Accounts audited by Levy + Partners Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02959566

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Redbridge Carers Support Service (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• AGRAWAL, Sudha — director, appointed 10/03/2025not on trustee list
• HASTINGS-HENRY, Debra Carol — director, appointed 11/09/2017on trustee list
• BAKER, Madelaine — director, appointed 11/09/2017on trustee list
• KAPUR, Sudarshan, Dr — director, appointed 11/09/2017on trustee list
• TAHIR, Bushra — director, appointed 19/11/2015on trustee list
• HURST, Nicholas Charles Noel — director, appointed 15/12/2011on trustee list
• BATES, Barry Richard — director, appointed 25/11/2009on trustee list
• SOBERS, Anthony — director, appointed 06/08/2007not on trustee list
• O'KEEFFE, Catherine Ellen — secretary, appointed 01/01/2022

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Debra Hastings-Henrychair
• ANTONY SOBERS
• BARRY BATES · trustee of 1 other charity
• BUSHRA TAHIR · trustee of 1 other charity
• DR Sudarshan Kapur
• Madelaine Baker
• NICHOLAS HURST · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sudha Agrawal · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Redbridge

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Community Action Redbridge.

• Community Action Redbridge income £1.1m
• RICHMOND CARERS CENTRE income £999k
• BRIDGEND CARERS CENTRE income £729k
• CHESHIRE CARERS CENTRE income £694k
• THE REDBRIDGE RESPITE CARE ASSOCIATION income £323k
• CARE FOR THE CARERS income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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