BLACKPOOL CARERS CENTRE LIMITED
Registered charity 1114558 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Blackpool Carers Centre provides a wide range of professional services for family carers of all ages in Blackpool and the surrounding area.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity held total reserves of £1,212,071 at the year end, with £459,090 constituting free reserves. This free reserve level represents approximately four months of unrestricted direct charitable costs, which is within the charity's stated policy target of holding three to six months of such costs. The trustees report that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Fundraising cost ratio: 3.7% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“For every £1 we spend on fundraising, we bring in £26.98 to support more local carers (2024: £20.60).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 3-6 months free reserves equating to the unrestricted direct charitable costs for the year (held: £459k)
“The Charity’s reserves policy is to hold a level of 3-6 months free reserves equating to the unrestricted direct charitable costs for the year, being approximately £104,390 per month.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Blackpool Carers Centre Trading Limited
“These Financial Statements consolidate the results of the charity, and its subsidiary: Blackpool Carers Centre Trading Limited on a line by line basis.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Champion Accountants LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
BLACKPOOL CARERS CENTRE TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Loan account with parent company; movement £10,292; year-end balance owed to parent £624.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Blackpool Carers Centre (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Nigel McMurdo — Operations Director (source)
- Tom McMurdo — Director of Finance and Resources (source)
- Sarah Lambert — Chair of Trustees (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- WRIGHT, David Brian — director, appointed 11/05/2026on trustee list
- O'FLAHERTY, Tracy — director, appointed 19/05/2025on trustee list
- REILLY, Ben — director, appointed 14/02/2022on trustee list
- TOPPING, John Andrew — director, appointed 30/11/2018on trustee list
- GILMORE, Alison — director, appointed 08/06/2015on trustee list
- LAMBERT, Sarah — director, appointed 11/05/2015on trustee list
- MCMURDO, Thomas William — secretary, appointed 31/01/2020
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£44k
Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (53% 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: 3.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Alison Gilmore · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ben Reilly
- David Wright
- John Andrew Topping
- Sarah Lambert
- Tracy O'Flaherty
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Blackpool · Lancashire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BLACKPOOL CARERS CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total reserves of £1,212,071 at the year end, with £459,090 constituting free reserves. This free reserve level represents approximately four months of unrestricted direct charitable costs, which is within the charity's stated policy target of holding three to six months of such costs. The trustees report that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Champion Accountants LLP.
Who funds BLACKPOOL CARERS CENTRE LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BLACKPOOL CARERS CENTRE LIMITED as a grant recipient include CARERS TRUST, WOODEN SPOON SOCIETY, THE VERA WOLSTENCROFT CHILDREN AND ANIMAL CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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