RICHMOND CARERS CENTRE

Registered charity 1092459 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is a member of the Carers Trust network and provides services to unpaid carers.

Objects

The Centre is established for the relief of those caring, in an unpaid capacity, for people in need with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health problems, age or illness in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and other such Local Authority areas as the Directors may see fit, by providing practical help, service, support, advocacy, information and education to them.

Area of benefit: RICHMOND UPON THAMES

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

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£999k
Latest spending
£947k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £52,348 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £999,338 and expenditure of £946,990. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £467,809, representing 7.9 months of budgeted expenditure, which exceeds the stated policy target of 4 to 6 months. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 4 and 6 months of budgeted expenditure, including rent, salaries and payments to sub-contractors (held: £468k)
“This analysis results in a requirement of between 4 and 6 months of budgeted expenditure, including rent, salaries and payments to sub-contractors.” — page 12
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. 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.

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: 3
  • Government income: £692,789 — contracts £660,622 (1), grants £32,167 (4); 69% of the £999,338 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £703,160 — contracts £624,660 (1), grants £78,500 (4); 75% of the £940,098 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £648,242 — contracts £583,742 (1), grants £64,500 (3); 70% of the £927,020 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Richmond Carers Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£999k
Total spending
£947k
Reserves (reported)
£468k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (66% 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: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£999k£947k
31/03/2025£940k£922k
31/03/2024£927k£929k
31/03/2023£841k£841k
31/03/2022£773k£702k

Common questions

Is RICHMOND CARERS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £52,348 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £999,338 and expenditure of £946,990. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £467,809, representing 7.9 months of budgeted expenditure, which exceeds the stated policy target of 4 to 6 months. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds RICHMOND CARERS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RICHMOND CARERS CENTRE as a grant recipient include HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT, Richmond Foundation, The Barnes Fund.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENTFY2025£68kContribution towards the salaries of the Adult Carers Support Workers. Contribution towards the running costs of young carers’ service.
Richmond FoundationFY2025£58kCore Grant
Richmond FoundationFY2024£56kCore grant
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENTFY2022£49kContribution towards salary costs of 2 Adult Carers Support Workers providing advice, information and support to 900 carers in our area of benefit.
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENTFY2023£38kCarers support service - salary costs
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENTFY2022£31kSalary costs to provide mentoring support for young carers.
The Barnes FundFY2023£5kOrganisation Core Funding
The Barnes FundFY2024Unverified read£5kWellbeing
The Barnes FundFY2021£5kRelief of Distress and Sickness - Organisation Core Funding
The Barnes FundFY2022£3kOrganisation Core Funding

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation03/04/2018£2kEco audit to Richmond Carers Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund07/12/2016£10kSupporting carers to access information and reduce isolation through t
The National Lottery Community Fund15/01/2015£8kRichmond Carers Centre Quarterly Newsletter
The National Lottery Community Fund04/07/2013£9kImproving 2
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2008£4kInformation for Carers
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2006£5kConference

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 BRENT CARERS CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RICHMOND CARERS CENTRE£999k—0unclear—no doubt
BRENT CARERS CENTRE FY2025£794k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDGEND CARERS CENTRE FY2025£729k—0unclear—no doubt
CARERS FEDERATION LTD FY2025£1.6m——above—no doubt
CARERS TRUST FY2025£13.0m——above8.0%no doubt
SEFTON CARERS CENTRE FY2025£2.2m—0above—no doubt

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