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

Objects

The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to: (1) advancing education concerning caring amongst carers and the public; and (2) alleviating mental and physical distress attributable to caring amongst carers through the provision of practical help, organisation, support, advocacy and information to people caring, or who have cared for, others who are dependent on them due to disability arising from age, physical or mental disability.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£964k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £116,510 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £773,506. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting three to six months of running costs, with free reserves calculated at £563,846. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of between three-and six-months running costs in free reserves (held: £774k)
“The Charity's reserve policy is to have minimum of between three-and six-months running costs in free reserves” — page 9
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Clemence Hoar Cummings. 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £684,500 — contracts £604,000 (2), grants £80,500 (4); 63% of the £1,080,012 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 22
  • Government income: £745,725 — contracts £720,725 (4), grants £25,000 (1); 85% of the £877,116 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 9
  • Government income: £665,997 — contracts £665,997 (2); 82% of the £816,562 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£964k
Reserves (reported)
£564k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£1.1m£964k
31/03/2025£877k£785k
31/03/2024£817k£733k
31/03/2023£873k£773k
31/03/2022£658k£622k

Common questions

Is THE CARERS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £116,510 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £773,506. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting three to six months of running costs, with free reserves calculated at £563,846. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Clemence Hoar Cummings.

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, COOPERS CHARITY CIO.

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
COOPERS CHARITY CIOFY2026£2kunrestricted

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"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARERS CENTRE SA LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CARERS CENTRE£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
CARERS CENTRE SA LTD FY2025£866k—0unclear—no doubt
TRAFFORD CARERS CENTRE FY2025£681k—0unclear—no doubt
Carers Trust Hillingdon and Ealing FY2025£1.8m—0above—no doubt
BRENT CARERS CENTRE FY2025£794k—0unclear—no doubt
BARNET CARERS CENTRE FY2025£1.8m—0above—no doubt

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