ACCURO (CARE SERVICES)
Registered charity 1094736 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACCURO, HARLOW SHARED CARE
TO PROVIDE RESPITE CARE AND A RANGE OF OTHER SERVICES TO LOCAL CHILDREN/ADULTS WITH A DISABILITY AND THEIR FAMILIES
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £85,627 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds were £338,342, which the charity considers to be in line with its reserves policy target of maintaining at least six months of unrestricted funds based on current expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: at least 6 months unrestricted funds based on current financial years reported expenditure (held: £206k)
“The Charity aims to maintain at least 6 months unrestricted funds based on current financial years reported expenditure (2025: £246,157).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 21
“During the year the charity procured services to the value of £40 (2024 – £650) from a close family member of one of the Trustees (2024 – senior management team). These transactions were authorised by the Chief Executive with value for money considered. The amount due to them at the year-end was £NIL (2024 - £NIL). There are no other related party relationships and transactions to be disclosed in the financial statements.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Accuro (Care Services) (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- WALKER-FAGG, Zoe — director, appointed 25/11/2025on trustee list
- STEPHEN, Deborah — director, appointed 16/10/2025on trustee list
- THOMAS, Sarah Margaret Louise — director, appointed 26/11/2024on trustee list
- FINCH, Joan Evelyn — director, appointed 26/07/2023on trustee list
- BURNS, Annette Joye — director, appointed 28/01/2020on trustee list
- EMSDEN, Peter Clare — director, appointed 12/02/2019on trustee list
- PATE, Marie Catherine — director, appointed 19/09/2017on trustee list
- EMSDEN, Peter Clare — secretary, appointed 24/03/2020
Official officers record.
CQC provider record: Accuro — Deregistered, 2 registered locations, last inspected 17/10/2013.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)
Cost of raising funds
£77k
Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 13.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Annette Joye Burns
- Deborah Stephen
- Joan Evelyn Finch
- Marie Catherine Pate
- Peter Clare Emsden
- Sarah Thomas
- Zoe Walker-Fagg
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ACCURO (CARE SERVICES) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £85,627 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds were £338,342, which the charity considers to be in line with its reserves policy target of maintaining at least six months of unrestricted funds based on current expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds ACCURO (CARE SERVICES)?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ACCURO (CARE SERVICES) as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST, SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS CIO, THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION, THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATION.
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