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.

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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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

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

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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