CARERS TOGETHER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1128910 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARERS TOGETHER IN REDCAR AND CLEVELAND LIMITED

The charity works in partnership and provides a range of information and support services and a voice for carers living in Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough and other areas as decided by the Trustees. Our services include individual support, welfare benefits advice, counselling, training, activities and events.

Objects

THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ELDERLY, SICK OR PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY LIVING OR LOCATED WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF REDCAR AND CLEVELAND OR SUCH OTHER AREA AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF NEED AND HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES.

Area of benefit: THE BOROUGH OF REDCAR AND CLEVELAND

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net movement in funds of £674, increasing total unrestricted reserves to £312,280. Per the trustees' report, the combined minimum level of unrestricted reserves was achieved at 31 March 2025, with the trustees estimating a satisfactory level of circa £15-20,000 for operational cushioning and an additional £145-155,000 ringfenced for core activities. The financial position is supported by significant restricted funding from local authorities and other grant-makers.

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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06746629

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CARERS TOGETHER FOUNDATION (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).

• Middlesbrough Council — “We Care You Care Middlesbrough Council Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council” (source page)
• Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council — “We Care You Care Middlesbrough Council Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council” (source page)

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.

• HIDE, Edward — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
• RENVOIZE, Susan — director, appointed 02/05/2018on trustee list
• MASTERMAN, Deborah Frances — director, appointed 14/01/2015on trustee list
• PARKIN, Richard — director, appointed 25/10/2011on trustee list
• MOGG, William Gordon — director, appointed 21/07/2011on trustee list
• O'BRIEN, Lee — secretary, appointed 30/01/2020

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

• Deborah Frances Mastermanchair
• DR Richard Parkin
• Edward Hide
• Susan Renvoize
• William Gordon Mogg

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

Operates in: Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARING TOGETHER CHARITY.

• CARING TOGETHER CHARITY income £4.2m
• Caring Together (North Yorkshire) income £249k
• CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE income £275k
• SEFTON CARERS CENTRE income £2.2m
• CARERS' SUPPORT CENTRE income £1.1m
• NEWCASTLE CARERS income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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