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Carer Support South Lakes

Registered charity 1142184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH LAKELAND CARERS

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Latest income
£768k
Latest spending
£664k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £767,979 and unrestricted reserves rose to £148,260, with net assets totaling £348,155. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Governance costs were explicitly stated as £17,092, covering independent examiner fees and legal services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income)
“Charitable activities 4 272,496 453,726 726,222” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: An annual budget is developed by the team and agreed with the board of Trustees. Management accounts are produced and reviewed on a monthly basis to confirm the financial health of our organisation. A further monthly review is carried out to test our financial liabilities, currently this is assessed as £40K, a separate fund of £47,500 is kept in reserve should we have to meet this liability. (held: £148k)
“An annual budget is developed by the team and agreed with the board of Trustees. Management accounts are produced and reviewed on a monthly basis to confirm the financial health of our organisation. A further monthly review is carried out to test our financial liabilities, currently this is assessed as £40K, a separate fund of £47,500 is kept in reserve should we have to meet this liability.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Carer Support South Lakes (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income
£768k
Total spending
£664k
Cost of raising funds
£47k
Reserves (reported)
£88k
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 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 (95% 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: 6.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£768k£664k
31/03/2024£676k£658k
31/03/2023£633k£526k
31/03/2022£435k£489k
31/03/2021£537k£435k

Common questions

Is Carer Support South Lakes financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £767,979 and unrestricted reserves rose to £148,260, with net assets totaling £348,155. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Governance costs were explicitly stated as £17,092, covering independent examiner fees and legal services. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Carer Support South Lakes?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Carer Support South Lakes as a grant recipient include FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE DAVID SNOWDON TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£48k
THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£36k
THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£19k
THE DAVID SNOWDON TRUSTFY2025£10k
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£10k
THE DAVID SNOWDON TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE DAVID SNOWDON TRUSTFY2023£1k
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2024£20kCarer Support South Lakes Volunteer Programme