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CARTREF LIMITED

Registered charity 1113855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£181k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,293,438, which is above the stated policy target of two months of resources expended. The charity is a going concern with funds held in interest-bearing accounts following the closure of its care homes, though it faces risks related to the recovery of missing accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months of resources expended (held: £4.3m)
“It is the policy of the charity that funds not committed or invested in tangible assets should be equivalent to at least two months of resources expended.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A trustee was reimbursed for travel expenses.
“In the year a trustee was reimbursed £200 for travel expenses relating to the charity (2024 - Nil).” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cartref Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£3.1m
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£703k
Employees
109

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£181k£29k
31/03/2024£237k£1.1m
31/03/2023£2.4m£3.1m
31/03/2022£2.9m£2.5m
31/03/2021£2.8m£2.5m

Common questions

Is CARTREF LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,293,438, which is above the stated policy target of two months of resources expended. The charity is a going concern with funds held in interest-bearing accounts following the closure of its care homes, though it faces risks related to the recovery of missing accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HELPING FOUNDATION1£979k
CYMDEITHAS ELUSENNOL YNYS MON1£113k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST1£4k
THE J A R CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARTREF NI LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CARTREF LIMITED£181k—0unclear—no doubt
CARTREF NI LIMITED FY2025£5.5m——unclear—no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
DIGARTREF CYF FY2025£1.7m£60,001 - £70,0001within—no doubt
CONVALESCENT RETREAT LIMITED FY2025£965k—0unclear—noted
ORDER OF THE COMPANY OF MARY OUR LADY CIO FY2025£424k—0unclear—no doubt

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