CARERS TRUST

Registered charity 1145181 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTION FOR CARERS · listed website unreachable when last crawled · also registered in Scotland as SC042870 (OSCR)

Latest income
£13.0m
Latest spending
£13.0m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a small overall deficit of £46,741, driven by a surplus on unrestricted funds of £408,733 offset by restricted fund deficits. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £2,023,000, which is equivalent to six months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure, a level the Board considers appropriate given their new risk-based policy.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £2.00m (weighted risk amount) (held: £2.0m)
Carers Trust aims to hold the weighted risk amount in free reserves which was £2.00m at the end of March. Actual unrestricted free reserves were £2.07m, within the range of full and weighted risks. — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Carers Enterprises Limited, Young Carers Limited
Carers Trust has two wholly owned subsidiary companies, neither of which traded during the year: Carers Enterprises Limited (Company Number 03244605), and Young Carers Limited, (Company number 11569890).
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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

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

Total income
£13.0m
Total spending
£13.0m
Cost of raising funds
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£2.1m
Employees
79

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£13.0m£13.0m
31/03/2024£11.0m£11.0m
31/03/2023£8.8m£9.3m
31/03/2022£9.3m£8.4m
31/03/2021£9.9m£9.6m

Common questions

Is CARERS TRUST financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a small overall deficit of £46,741, driven by a surplus on unrestricted funds of £408,733 offset by restricted fund deficits. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £2,023,000, which is equivalent to six months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure, a level the Board considers appropriate given their new risk-based policy. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds CARERS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARERS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, REUBEN FOUNDATION, THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME, The Trevor Hemmings Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£785k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£545k
REUBEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£528k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£500k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£500k
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEMEFY2021£425k
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEMEFY2022£355k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£350k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£230k
The Trevor Hemmings FoundationFY2023£50k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATIONFY2024£40k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£30k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2022£20k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
REUBEN FOUNDATIONFY2021£18k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15k
THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUNDFY2023£10k
THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUNDFY2024£10k
THE HAREBELL CENTENARY FUNDFY2022£10k
THE PORTRACK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE CHILLAG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£8k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£6k
THE CHILLAG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
M AND C TRUSTFY2023£5k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
M AND C TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE PORTRACK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE CPF TRUSTFY2023£3k
M AND C TRUSTFY2025£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
NORMANBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE HUGH SYMONS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE W E DUNN TRUSTFY2025£1k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTSFY2024£1k
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, TWICKENHAM COMMONFY2023£734
COVENTRY CHURCH (MUNICIPAL) CHARITIESFY2022£550
King Charles III Charitable FundFY2023
King Charles III Charitable FundFY2024

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery13/02/2025£1.0mRegular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£1.0mRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery16/02/2023£900kRegular Grant 2023
Postcode Lottery01/02/2022£800kRegular Grant 2022

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