ACTION FOR CARERS (OXFORDSHIRE) LTD

Registered charity 1149577 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND TRAINING SERVICES FOR ADULT CARERS. WORKING WITH THOSE CARERS, GIVING THEM AN EFFECTIVE VOICE IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORDSHIRE.

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Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£839k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £149,753 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,006,688 and expenditure of £838,630. The trustees report that the charity is on a sound financial footing and has unrestricted reserves of £587,190, which exceeds the calculated reserves requirement of £311k.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Age UK Oxfordshire... In accordance with SORP (FRS 102), the charity company has taken advantage of the exemption from the requirement to disclose transactions with group companies on the grounds that consolidated financial statements are prepared by the ultimate parent company.
“The company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Age UK Oxfordshire (registered company number: 04328143) throughout the current year. Age UK Oxfordshire is a registered charity incorporated in England. In accordance with SORP (FRS 102), the charity company has taken advantage of the exemption from the requirement to disclose transactions with group companies on the grounds that consolidated financial statements are prepared by the ultimate parent company. These accounts are available at Companies House. There were no other related party transactions and balances that require disclosure.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Wenn Townsend. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action for Carers Oxfordshire (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Oxfordshire County CouncilCarer Support Services Contract (SECOND VARIATION AGREEMENT)31/03/2025£1.1m

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£839k
Reserves (reported)
£582k
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.0m£839k
31/03/2024£1.0m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.0m£987k
31/03/2022£870k£815k
31/03/2021£786k£752k

Common questions

Is ACTION FOR CARERS (OXFORDSHIRE) LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £149,753 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,006,688 and expenditure of £838,630. The trustees report that the charity is on a sound financial footing and has unrestricted reserves of £587,190, which exceeds the calculated reserves requirement of £311k. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Wenn Townsend.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2017£408kAction for Carers Oxfordshire

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTION FOR CARERS (SURREY).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACTION FOR CARERS (OXFORDSHIRE) LTD£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
ACTION FOR CARERS (SURREY) FY2025£2.9m£70,001 - £80,0001unclear—no doubt
AGE UK OXFORDSHIRE FY2025£6.5m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
ACTION FOR FAMILY CARERS FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
CARERS IN BEDFORDSHIRE FY2025£1.6m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt

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