Carer Support Furness

Registered charity 1114029 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FURNESS CARERS, FURNESS CARERS ASSOCIATION

Carer Support Furness (formerly Furness Carers) was established to support Unpaid Carers of all ages who are looking after a partner, relative or friend who through illness or disability cannot manage at home without help. We offer a wide range of services to meet the individual needs including: information, emotional support and practical services and we support Adult, Parent and Young Carers.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, THE MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OR THE SICK AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE FURNESS PENINSULAR OF CUMBRIA AND ANY NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS WHEREIN THE NEED FOR THE PURSUANCE OF THIS OBJECT CAN BE DEFINED.

Area of benefit: FURNESS PENINSULAR OF CUMBRIA AND ANY NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS.

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 unrestricted reserves of £219,171 exceed the trustees' policy target of approximately six months' expenditure (£158,816). However, the trustees note that the charity's main contract extension is pending a council decision in November 2025, and the cessation of this funding would have a significant impact on the charity's operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05724307

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.

• JOLLIFFEE, Geoffrey Charles, Dr — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
• WALL, Helen — director, appointed 12/09/2019on trustee list
• METCALFE, Lynne Margaret — director, appointed 19/11/2018on trustee list
• BROCKBANK, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 19/08/2013on trustee list
• PRESTON, Janice — director, appointed 02/11/2006not on trustee list
• BACKHOUSE, Craig Andrew — secretary, appointed 28/02/2006

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Furness Carers — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 20/11/2012.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• JANIS PRESTONchair
• Dr Geoffrey Charles Jolliffee
• Helen Wall
• Lynne Margaret Metcalfe
• NICOLA BROCKBANK

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

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

• CARERS' SUPPORT CENTRE income £1.1m
• CARERS LINK - LANCASHIRE income £1.3m
• THE CARERS' RESOURCE income £4.4m
• CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE income £275k
• Carers Choices income £2.1m
• Carer Support Eden income £542k

Side by side with its peers

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