DONCASTER PARTNERSHIP FOR CARERS LTD

Registered charity 1075455 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide advocacy, advice, information, emotional/practical support,social activities and training to all unpaid carers and their families in Doncaster and volunteering opportunities.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL MENTAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT WITHIN THE FAMILY OR HOME IN DONCASTER METROPOLITAN BOROUGH THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE PROMOTION OF THE NEEDS OF CARERS.

Area of benefit: DONCASTER

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

Latest income

£112k

Latest spending

£104k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £14,280 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £118,739 against expenditure of £104,459. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £21,286, which the trustees consider to be approximately the level required to meet their policy target of three months' expenditure estimated at £60,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £21k; policy: three months expenditure estimated at £60,000)

“At 31 March 2025 the charity considered this requirement to be 3 months expenditure estimated at £60,000, which is approximately the level of funds held at the year end. The charity will keep this policy under regular review as funding sources change.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Ashlea-Ann Ayling
Deborah Anne Osborne
Julie Elizabeth Harlington
Olivia Grace Harlington

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£112k	£104k
31/03/2024	£85k	£82k
31/03/2023	£100k	£79k
31/03/2022	£44k	£49k
31/03/2021	£57k	£40k

Common questions

Is DONCASTER PARTNERSHIP FOR CARERS LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £14,280 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £118,739 against expenditure of £104,459. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £21,286, which the trustees consider to be approximately the level required to meet their policy target of three months' expenditure estimated at £60,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/08/2023	£10k	Carers Walking Club
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/04/2020	£10k	Carers Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/06/2018	£10k	Carers Befriending/Bereavement Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/03/2017	£9k	Carers CBG Support and Project (Cancer and Dementia Carers)
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/01/2016	£9k	BACUP for Carers - Befriending and Counselling united programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/07/2004	£59k	Asian Carers Advocacy

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CARERS TRUST	3	£367k
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND	2	£19k
SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE	1	£126k
HEY SMILE FOUNDATION	1	£42k
HELP FOR HEALTH	1	£30k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£20k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£14k
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd.

Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd income £1.3m
Carers Choices income £2.1m
CARERS' SUPPORT EAST KENT income £2.1m
ACTION FOR CARERS (OXFORDSHIRE) LTD income £1.0m
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE income £275k
CITIZENS ADVICE DONCASTER BOROUGH income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DONCASTER PARTNERSHIP FOR CARERS LTD	£112k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Carers Choices FY2026	£2.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARERS' SUPPORT EAST KENT FY2025	£2.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ACTION FOR CARERS (OXFORDSHIRE) LTD FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE FY2025	£275k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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