CARERS CENTRE SA LTD

Registered charity 1063485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARERS OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM

Provide information, support, advice and advocacy to carers, their families and other people they care for. We operate within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and adjoining areas.

Objects

TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO CARERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER PEOPLE THEY CARE FOR. (BASED IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM AND ADJOINING AREAS OR SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE COMPANY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE)

Area of benefit: (BASED IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM AND ADJOINING AREAS OR SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE COMPANY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE)

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an unrestricted surplus of £21,105 and total reserves of £609,889. The trustees confirm the financial position is sound and 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03180671

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Carers Centre SA Ltd (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.

• HAQUE, Muhammad — director, appointed 31/12/2025on trustee list
• CHAND, Peter — director, appointed 20/03/2023on trustee list
• SINHA, Anand — director, appointed 19/06/2019on trustee list
• BRAND, Christine Elizabeth — director, appointed 12/11/2008not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anand Sinha
• CHRISTINE ELIZABETH BRAND BA
• Muhammad Haque
• Oluwadamilare Denzel Odunsi
• Peter Chand · trustee of 3 other charities
• Terence Steven Jennings

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Essex · Thurrock

Income and spending

Common questions

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 BARNET CARERS CENTRE.

• BARNET CARERS CENTRE income £1.8m
• CARERS' SUPPORT CENTRE income £1.1m
• THE CARERS CENTRE (BRISTOL AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE) income £1.2m
• ACTION FOR CARERS (SURREY) income £2.9m
• SEFTON CARERS CENTRE income £2.2m
• BRENT CARERS CENTRE income £794k

Side by side with its peers

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