YORK CARERS CENTRE

Registered charity 1127644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

York Carers Centre provides support to unpaid carers of all ages in York. Services include : support for young carers (aged 5 to 18); support for young adult carers (18-25); support for adults; carers emergency card; benefits and community care advice; drop in sessions; help filling in forms; signposting/referrals to other agencies; emotional support; events/activities; training for professionals

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, AT THE TRUSTEES' DISCRETION, TO RELIEVE IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF YORK, THE ELDERLY, THE SICK AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£679k

Latest spending

£745k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a deficit of £66,643, contrasting with a surplus in the previous year. Total income rose to £678,793, while total expenditure increased to £745,436. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, maintaining going concern status despite the financial loss.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: City of York Council

“City of York Council 435,096”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: unclear (reserves figure: £76k)

“The trustees have now established a reserves policy and agreed on the level of reserves the charity will require to sustain its operations in the future.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 66
Government income: £516,250 — contracts £516,250 (2); 76% of the £678,793 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 43
Government income: £481,291 — contracts £481,291 (2); 72% of the £664,872 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 39
Government income: £502,777 — contracts £494,777 (3), grants £8,000 (1); 73% of the £689,479 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — York Carers Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£679k

Total spending

£745k

Reserves (reported)

£76k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ROSEMARIE JEANETTE TEMPLEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
JAMES PETER ROSS DEAN
James Wainwright
Lisa Shelbourn
Sophie Elliott
Verity Winterburn
christopher Charters

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£679k	£745k
31/03/2024	£665k	£658k
31/03/2023	£689k	£622k
31/03/2022	£634k	£605k
31/03/2021	£522k	£497k

Common questions

Is YORK CARERS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a deficit of £66,643, contrasting with a surplus in the previous year. Total income rose to £678,793, while total expenditure increased to £745,436. The trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, maintaining going concern status despite the financial loss. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YORK CARERS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YORK CARERS CENTRE as a grant recipient include YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST, THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION, ED DE NUNZIO CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST	FY2021	£46k	Children's Groups
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	FY2024	£9k
ED DE NUNZIO CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£8k	Young Carer Support Worker
YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Educational
YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST	FY2023	£4k
YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST	FY2024	£4k
YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST	FY2022	£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/03/2024	£345k	Young Carers CBT & Family Work
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/01/2021	£256k	CBT support
City of York Council	—	£3k	Yorpart Grant
City of York Council	—	£7k	Yorpart Grant
City of York Council	—	£2k	EIF Grant
City of York Council	—	£4k	Yorpart grant
City of York Council	—	£24k	EIF Grant
City of York Council	—	£2k	EIF Grant
City of York Council	—	£3k	Monthly support group sessions for parents and toddlers
City of York Council	—	£1k	Clifton Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£1k	Rawcliffe Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£1k	Haxby & Wigginton Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£1k	Rawcliffe Clifton Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£9k	City Wide Ward
City of York Council	—	£2k	Micklegate Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£2k	Shine Grant

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CARERS TRUST	2	£373k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	2	£20k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£9k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£4k
THE CHARITY OF JANE WRIGHT	2	£3k
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£400
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	1	£155k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES	1	£143k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd.

Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd income £1.3m
Age UK York income £1.9m
BE FREE YOUNG CARERS LTD income £421k
WARWICKSHIRE YOUNG CARERS income £195k
BOLTON CARERS SUPPORT income £377k
BASINGSTOKE & DISTRICT YOUNG CARERS income £67k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YORK CARERS CENTRE	£679k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Age UK York FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	within	—	no doubt
BE FREE YOUNG CARERS LTD FY2025	£421k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WARWICKSHIRE YOUNG CARERS FY2026	£195k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BOLTON CARERS SUPPORT FY2025	£377k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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