CARE UK Charity

Registered charity 1167299 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARE UK, CHARITY AND RECYCLING ENTERPRISE UK

To prevent and relieve poverty and hardship and protect the vulnerable in such parts of the world as the Trustees shall determine by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations, working to prevent or relieve poverty.Such charitable purposes for the public benefit as the Trustees may from time to time determine.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£470k
Latest spending
£467k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a surplus on its general fund of £6,740 and held net reserves of £117,912. This amount exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £110,000, which is calculated as three months of running costs. The charity's principal income source was retail profits, while charitable donations and recycling income decreased compared to the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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
Aberdeen City CouncilNational Care Home Contract (Annual Variation)——

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2022)

Total income
£576k
Total spending
£631k
Cost of raising funds
£333k
Reserves (reported)
£197k
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (85% 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: 57.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£470k£467k
31/05/2024£403k£473k
31/05/2023£473k£529k
31/05/2022£576k£631k
31/05/2021£521k£354k

Common questions

Is CARE UK Charity financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a surplus on its general fund of £6,740 and held net reserves of £117,912. This amount exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £110,000, which is calculated as three months of running costs. The charity's principal income source was retail profits, while charitable donations and recycling income decreased compared to the previous year.

Who funds CARE UK Charity?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARE UK Charity as a grant recipient include VEG TRUST INCORPORATING THE MATTHEW EYTON ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

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 CARE INTERNATIONAL UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CARE UK Charity£470k—0unclear—no doubt
CARE INTERNATIONAL UK FY2025£64.1m——unclear—no doubt
THE ZACCHAEUS 2000 TRUST FY2024£956k£70,001 - £80,0001within—no doubt
UK CARE FOR CHILDREN FY2024£1.4m—0above7.5%no doubt
YORK CARES FY2025£326k£17,9960unclear—no doubt
NEEDS INTERNATIONAL FY2025£251k—0below—no doubt

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