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THE CARERS CENTRE

Registered charity 1084930 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARERS CENTRE TOWER HAMLETS, PRINCESS ROYAL TRUST FOR CARERS-TOWER HAMLETS, THE CARERS CENTRE THE PRINCESS ROYAL TRUST CARERS CE

Provides practical support services, information & advice, welfare benefits service to carers of people with disabilities or long term conditions in LB Tower Hamlets.Carers Independent Advocate service from 1/5/2015

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£877k
Latest spending
£785k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £91,832 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £657,262. The trustees report that reserves stand at £657,262, which is above the stated policy target of between three and six months of running costs. The charity is funded primarily by a contract with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: London Borough of Tower Hamlets (69% of income)
“LB Tower Hamlets Support & Information 604,836” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of running costs (held: £657k)
“The Charity's reserve policy is to have minimum of between three-and six-months running costs in free reserves” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£877k
Total spending
£785k
Reserves (reported)
£439k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£877k£785k
31/03/2024£817k£733k
31/03/2023£873k£773k
31/03/2022£658k£622k
31/03/2021£594k£535k

Common questions

Is THE CARERS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £91,832 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £657,262. The trustees report that reserves stand at £657,262, which is above the stated policy target of between three and six months of running costs. The charity is funded primarily by a contract with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE CARERS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CARERS CENTRE as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2024£87k2018-2024 strategy: Decent living standards
WAKEFIELD AND TETLEY TRUSTFY2021£4kHealth and wellbeing sessions for carers isolated due to Covid-19

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/09/2024£17kCarers Wellbeing Club - 2024
The National Lottery Community Fund02/06/2023£10kCarers Wellbeing Club
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2022£10kCarers Holistic Fit Club
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/06/2018£10k"Tower Hamlets – An East End history of caring and family carers through time"