THE CARERS CENTRE (BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE)

Registered charity 1063226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARERS CENTRE BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, CARERS SUPPORT CENTRE, PRINCESS ROYAL TRUST CARERS CENTRE, THE CARERS’ SUPPORT CENTRE BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, THE PRINCESS ROYAL TRUST CARERS CENTRE

To support adult and young carers residing in Bristol and South Gloucestershire who are, or werecarrying out a caring role for persons who are disabled, elderly or ill, by the provision of practical help,advice, assistance, service, advocacy and support.

Objects

TO SUPPORT ADULT AND YOUNG CARERS RESIDING IN BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE WHO ARE, OR WERE CARRYING OUT A CARING ROLE FOR PERSONS WHO ARE DISABLED, ELDERLY OR ILL, BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL HELP, ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, SERVICE, ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOS

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

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Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £173,850 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has sufficient unrestricted reserves and cash flow to continue operating as a going concern for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 6 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bethanie Cundy
• Ewan Cameron · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jen Tomkinson
• Karina Mucha
• Kayleigh Laura Porsche Kinchin-Ballam
• Marc Tinson
• Phoebe Louise Wilson
• Stuart James Hill
• Susan Claire Holdaway

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

Operates in: Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRISTOL BLACK CARERS.

• BRISTOL BLACK CARERS income £205k
• CARING IN BRISTOL income £1.4m
• GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUNG CARERS PROJECT income £767k
• EAST SUSSEX BRIGHTON & HOVE CROSSROADS - CARING FOR CARERS LIMITED income £492k
• CARERS UK income £4.7m
• CARERS IN BEDFORDSHIRE income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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