CARERS TRUST BUCKS AND MILTON KEYNES

Registered charity 1106745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AYLESBURY VALE CARERS' ASSOCIATION, CARERS BUCKS

Supports carers throughout Buckinghamshire through support groups, telephone advice, information and training and disbursement of bursary grants. The Charity also runs specialist support groups for parent carers, young carers, male carers and mental health. There is a young carers support team.

Objects

1 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY ARISING FROM AGE, SICKNESS OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY WHO ARE DEPENDENT ON OTHERS FOR THEIR CARE BY THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL HELP, ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, SERVICE, SUPPORT, ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION TO SPOUSES, PARTNERS, RELATIVES AND OTHERS WHO HAVE OR ASSUME AN UNPAID RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR CARE AND TREATMENT (THE CARERS) 2 TO PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CARERS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 3.1 INCLUDING THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP AND MENTAL OR PHYSICAL SICKNESS AMONGST THE CARERS 3 TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION CONCERNING THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF THOSE REQUIRING SUCH CARE AND TREATMENT AND THEIR CARERS 4 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL).

Area of benefit: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,378,264, resulting in a net surplus of £21,437. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £724,016, which the trustees note are equivalent to 4 months of budget operating costs. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Richardsons. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Lewin House care home launches community Carers Café in partnership with Carers Bucks bucksherald.co.uk · 22/04/2026

Funders the charity credits

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

• Buckinghamshire Lottery — “Buckinghamshire Lottery For every £1 ticket you buy, Carers Bucks will get 60p.” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Jitka Vseteckova
• Dr LESLIE DAVIES
• Emma Lowndes
• Ian Shepherd
• Mark Willis
• Sandra Jane Buckle

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• CARERS TRUST income £13.0m
• BARNET CARERS CENTRE income £1.8m
• CARERS IN BEDFORDSHIRE income £1.6m
• CARERS IN HERTFORDSHIRE income £3.3m
• SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES income £600k
• Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire Mind income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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