CARERS CARELINE
Our objectives are:To locate and engage informal unpaid carers in Redditch and promote our support services To provide volunteer and training opportunitiesTo enhance personal value, confidence, positive interaction and hopeTo help remove barriers for unemployed carers to access employmentTo offer a safe environment to provide training to adult carers
Objects
TO RELIEVE THE SICK, DISABLED, EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED AND ELDERLY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR CARERS, TRANSPORT AND THE OPERATION OF A BEFRIENDING SCHEME.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3,182 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total incoming resources of £78,591 and total expenditure of £81,773. Per the trustees' report, retained reserves at year-end were £75,819, comprising £47,871 in unrestricted funds. The trustees acknowledge that securing further funding is necessary to ensure operations continue into 2026 and beyond due to the end of a major grant scheme.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Volunteer management
Trustees
- Hilary Kathleen Leedham
- Irene Yates
- Ross Crawford
- Sarah Louise Leeson
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2025 | £79k | £82k |
| 30/06/2024 | £84k | £79k |
| 30/06/2023 | £61k | £69k |
| 30/06/2022 | £87k | £67k |
| 30/06/2021 | £68k | £67k |
Common questions
Is CARERS CARELINE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3,182 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total incoming resources of £78,591 and total expenditure of £81,773. Per the trustees' report, retained reserves at year-end were £75,819, comprising £47,871 in unrestricted funds. The trustees acknowledge that securing further funding is necessary to ensure operations continue into 2026 and beyond due to the end of a major grant scheme. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 30/09/2024 | £20k | Unrestricted Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 20/03/2020 | £190k | Caring for Carers |