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CARERS IN BEDFORDSHIRE

Registered charity 1135507 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity aims to prevent today's carers of any age living in Bedfordshire from becoming tomorrow's cared for by providing practical help, advice, assistance, advocacy, information, group and individual support to people caring, or who have cared for, unpaid, others who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £50,221 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward increasing to £534,167. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. However, the trustees' report notes broader sector challenges including static or declining funding and rising demand for support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose emoluments exceeded £60,000 during the year was: - £60,001 - £70,000: 1” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose emoluments exceeded £60,000 during the year was: - £60,001 - £70,000: 1” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Contract Income (97% of income)
“Contract Income 1,501,928” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: four months of salary costs and central organisational costs (held: £220k)
“CiB targets a minimum of four month’s salary costs of all staff on all projects and four months central organisational costs and a maximum of 150% of this amount in unrestricted reserves.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MDG Business Associates Audit Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Carers in Bedfordshire (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£22k
Reserves (reported)
£220k
Employees
36

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.3m£1.2m

Common questions

Is CARERS IN BEDFORDSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £50,221 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward increasing to £534,167. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. However, the trustees' report notes broader sector challenges including static or declining funding and rising demand for support. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MDG Business Associates Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of CARERS IN BEDFORDSHIRE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds CARERS IN BEDFORDSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARERS IN BEDFORDSHIRE as a grant recipient include BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE HARPUR TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, BIGGLESWADE.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£13kBedfordshire Stability Fund
BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£10kGrant
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£9kHigh Sheriff Awards
BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£5k
BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£5k
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTISTFY2022£5kLocal charity grants
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTISTFY2021£3k
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTISTFY2024£3k
THE HARPUR TRUSTFY2022£2kAddition to prior year grant
BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£2k
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTISTFY2023£2kLocal charity grants
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£850High Sheriff Awards
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, BIGGLESWADEFY2024£623Annual Mission Giving
Moto FoundationFY2022£412Community Grant

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/08/2022£277kEngaging and Supporting Hard-to-Reach Carers
The National Lottery Community Fund30/08/2022£10kBringing Carers Together
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2021£10kStaff training to enable effective growth
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation16/09/2020£7kGrant to Carers in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation24/07/2020£2kGrant to Carers in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation03/04/2020£8kGrant to Carers in Bedfordshire
The National Lottery Community Fund27/03/2020£8kSupporting unpaid carers in a digital age
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2012£276kImproved Support for Carers

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CARERS TRUST3£365k
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND2£34k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£120k
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£89k
HEY SMILE FOUNDATION1£42k
HELP FOR HEALTH1£30k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£22k
COLCHESTER CATALYST CHARITY1£16k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CARERS IN BEDFORDSHIRE£1.6m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
AGE CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE FY2025£1.9m£60,000 or over1unclear—no doubt
BARNET CARERS CENTRE FY2025£1.8m—0above—no doubt
Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARERS FY2025£4.4m—1unclear—no doubt
Home-Start Bedfordshire FY2025£213k—0unclear—noted

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