CARERS' SUPPORT (BEXLEY)

Registered charity 1075801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides respite care at home for carers, enabling a carer to take a break while the person they look after remains in their own home where their usual routines can continue. We also provide support groups, individual emotional support for carers, information about services that can help and a welfare benefits advice service including help with completing claim forms.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND MATERIAL DISTRESS AMONGST THE CARERS OF PERSONS WHO ARE FRAIL, ELDERLY, DISABLED, OR ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO LIVE IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF BEXLEY AND GREENWICH BY PROVIDING FLEXIBLE HOME-BASED RESPITE CARE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION FOR SUCH CARERS TO ASSIST THE CARERS AND THEIR DEPENDENT.

Area of benefit: BEXLEY AREA

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: Bexley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £86,092 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £802,293 to £716,201. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves are sufficient to cover at least 12 months of operating costs, although the actual unrestricted reserves of £716,201 are below the stated policy target of covering 12 months of operating costs given the recent significant property purchase and deficit.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03709684

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• London Borough of Bexley — “Carers’ Support (Bexley) is an independent registered charity who is supported by London Borough of Bexley and Royal Borough of Greenwich.” (source page)
• Royal Borough of Greenwich — “Carers’ Support (Bexley) is an independent registered charity who is supported by London Borough of Bexley and Royal Borough of Greenwich.” (source page)

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.

• GHOSH, Saby — director, appointed 09/02/2026on trustee list
• PHILLIPS, Mary — director, appointed 13/03/2023on trustee list
• PETCHEY, Elisabeth Yvonne Verney — director, appointed 10/02/2020on trustee list
• BENJAFIELD, Iris — director, appointed 26/06/2015on trustee list
• FRY, Nicola Helen — director, appointed 25/10/2007on trustee list
• WILKINSON, Victoria Jane — secretary, appointed 06/05/2022

Official officers record.

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 £455k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Carers' Support (Bexley) — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 07/07/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~11.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• NICOLA FRYchair
• Elisabeth Yvonne Verney Petchey
• Iris Benjafield
• MARY PHILLIPS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Saby Ghosh

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

Operates in: Bexley · Greenwich

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 SUPPORT FOR CARERS (SCARBOROUGH AND DISTRICT).

• SUPPORT FOR CARERS (SCARBOROUGH AND DISTRICT) income £86k
• CHESHIRE CARERS CENTRE income £694k
• CARERS SUPPORT WEST SUSSEX income £4.2m
• BEXLEY CENTRE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED LIMITED income £36k
• NEWCASTLE CARERS income £1.3m
• WELOVECARERS LTD income £84k

Side by side with its peers

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