CARERS WORLDWIDE

Registered charity 1150214 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q132472330

Works with partner organisations in developing countries to:1) facilitate provision of support for carers and their families, bringing them better health, wellbeing and economic security and 2) bring about systemic change in the work of governments, charities and other agencies so they recognise and respond to the needs of carers in the developing world.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO REQUIRE CARE DUE TO PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, OLD AGE, FRAILTY, SUBSTANCE MISUSE OR ANY OTHER CAUSE, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY:3.1.1 RAISING THE AWARENESS OF CARERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS TO THE NEEDS OF AND DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY INDIVIDUALS AS A RESULT OF THEIR ROLE AS CARERS;3.1.2 RELIEVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG CARERS; AND3.1.3 THE RELIEF OF INDIVIDUALS BEING CARED FOR BY IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THEIR CARE AND REHABILITATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO CARERS.“CARER” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL OF ANY AGE WHO CARES FOR OR NURSES A RELATIVE, FRIEND OR PARTNER REQUIRING THIS HELP DUE TO PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, OLD AGE, FRAILTY, SUBSTANCE MISUSE OR ANY OTHER CAUSE.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Welwyn Hatfield, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a significant increase in income to £735,328, largely due to a large three-year grant paid in full during the year, while expenditure remained lower at £333,843 as those funds are to be spent over 2026 and 2027. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £66,344, which is above the stated policy target of £40,000 or three months of operating costs. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08083816

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Carers Worldwide (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).

• Live Love Laugh Foundation — “This three-year project is funded by the Live Love Laugh Foundation in Bangalore, India.” (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.

• BINDRA, Ranjeev — director, appointed 10/07/2026on trustee list
• GUMASTE, Pushkaraj — director, appointed 14/03/2025on trustee list
• GILL, David Stuart — director, appointed 26/07/2024on trustee list
• MEIKLE, Amber June — director, appointed 26/07/2024on trustee list
• SUTERWALLA, Jehangir — director, appointed 17/03/2023on trustee list
• ANDREWS, Maria Lilian — director, appointed 09/07/2021on trustee list
• PEREIRA, Maveen Soares — director, appointed 09/07/2021on trustee list
• VAMADEVAN, Dhanya — director, appointed 10/07/2020on trustee list
• PATIL, Ruth Louise — secretary, appointed 08/07/2014

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 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 (94% 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: 2.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JEHANGIR SUTERWALLAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amber June Meikle
• David Stuart Gill
• Dhanya Vamadevan
• Maria Lilian Andrews
• Maveen Soares Pereira
• Pushkaraj Chandrakant Gumaste
• Ranjeev Bindra

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · India · Nepal

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 CARERS UK.

• CARERS UK income £4.7m
• CARE INTERNATIONAL UK income £64.1m
• CARE FOR THE CARERS income £1.7m
• CARERS TRUST income £13.0m
• CARE WORKERS SUPPORT income £1.3m
• CARERS SUPPORT WEST SUSSEX income £4.2m

Side by side with its peers

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