NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARERS

Registered charity 1061417 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARERS ASSOCIATION

The provision throughout Northamptonshire of services to adult carers and to young carers, including support, advice and information services and Regulated Care, to include provision of services to looked after people that provide benefit to their Carer or family members.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.4m
Latest spending
£4.5m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £109,016 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £528,473 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, total reserves stood at £684,956, which exceeds the stated operational reserve target of £450,000. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was : 2025 1 £60,001 - £70, 000” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £450,000 (held: £685k)
“The reserve level , cashflow headroom is set at £450,000 and is monitored and reported monthly to the Trustees.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: R Shah received £375 for attending Impact Network experts by experience groups to cover travel costs.
“Remuneration of £375 was paid to R Shah , Trustee (2024: £nil) for attending Impact Network experts by experience groups to cover their travel costs.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Northamptonshire Young Carers (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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-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.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
West Northamptonshire CouncilCarers Support Service08/04/2025£1.9m
NHS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDBreathing Space Service in Northamptonshire——

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £330k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Northamptonshire Carers — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 22/11/2021. CQC record

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

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

Total income
£4.4m
Total spending
£4.5m
Reserves (reported)
£441k
Employees
132

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 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 (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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.4m£4.5m
31/03/2024£4.2m£4.7m
31/03/2023£4.1m£4.1m
31/03/2022£3.6m£3.3m
31/03/2021£2.8m£2.5m

Common questions

Is NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £109,016 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £528,473 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, total reserves stood at £684,956, which exceeds the stated operational reserve target of £450,000. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited.

Who funds NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARERS as a grant recipient include CARERS TRUST, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, Vivensa Foundation, THE NORTHWICK TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CARERS TRUSTFY2022£54kNetwork Partner grant
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£17k
Vivensa FoundationFY2025£15kCapability development for community organisations
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2022£10k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/10/2025£19kAdult Carers Collective Holistic Wellbeing
Sport England27/03/2025£9kDISC - DISABILITY INCLUSIVE SPORTS CLUB
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2024£453kCare For Our Futures
The National Lottery Community Fund28/05/2021£403kCaring Together
UK government09/08/2019£100kMyMusic Northamptonshire

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARERS£4.4m—1unclear—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.7m—1unclear—no doubt
CARERS IN BEDFORDSHIRE FY2025£1.6m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
SUFFOLK FAMILY CARERS FY2025£2.2m—0within—no doubt
CARING TOGETHER CHARITY FY2025£4.2m——within5.0%no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HEALTH CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£1.3m—1unclear35.3%no doubt

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