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.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WITHINTHE LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN (AND THE SURROUNDING OR ADJACENT AREAS) (INCLUDINGTHE ASSISTING OF THE HOMELESS AND PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN NEED) AS SHALL BE ANEXPRESSION OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL CONCERN.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 Camden Carers.

• Camden Carers income £1.1m
• THE CAMDEN SOCIETY income £8.5m
• CAMDEN GIVING income £1.7m
• CAMDEN DISABILITY ACTION income £592k
• CAMBRIDGE CHURCHES HOMELESS PROJECT income £78k
• Church Homeless Charity income £421k

Side by side with its peers

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