CARIS CAMDEN

Registered charity 1121919 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARIS Families

The charity runs services to support homeless families living in temporary accommodation hostels in London. These include in-hostel play and learning activities for resident children, group day trips for families in the school holidays and a mobile Essentials Bank. The charity also conducts family casework to promote financial and emotional wellbeing and to support move-ons out of homelessness.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £35,951 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,941,038 to £1,905,087. Unrestricted reserves stood at £121,999, while the majority of assets (£1,773,488) were held in restricted endowment funds. The accounts were prepared under the small companies regime and underwent independent examination rather than audit.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CARIS Families (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Albert Hunt Trust — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• Alma Jean Henry Charitable Trust — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• Ambergate Charitable Trust — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• The Archer Trust — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• Beacon Lodge Charitable Trust — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• City Bridge Trust — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• Comic Relief — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• Garfield Weston — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• Gilbert and Eileen Edgar Foundation — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• John Lyon’s Charity — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• Mrs Smith and Mount Trust — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• Sir Mark and Lady Turner Charitable Settlement — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• National Lottery Awards for All England — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• Oliver Borthwick Memorial Trust — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)
• The Roddick Foundation — “Our work would not be possible without the financial support of the following trusts, foundations and individuals - thank you to all of them…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Celia Frances Penny
• Andrew Hugh Penny · trustee of 5 other charities
• Christen van den Berghe
• Flora Mary Newbigin
• Huseina Emozozo
• JOHN GEOFFREY BROWNE
• James Iain Storey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mai Charissa Tran Ringrose
• Mondjide Emilie Elsy Stephanie Yamadjako

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

Operates in: Camden · Hackney

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOORSTEP OF HULL.

• DOORSTEP OF HULL income £2.2m
• Camden Carers income £1.1m
• CAMBRIDGE CYRENIANS LIMITED income £1.7m
• DOORSTEP income £148k
• Church Homeless Charity income £421k
• THE CAMDEN SOCIETY income £8.5m

Side by side with its peers

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