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.
Objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY 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.2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Warrington, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)
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.
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 handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- 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
- Volunteer management
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.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2022)
Cost of raising funds
£333k
Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 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 3.2%) (benchmarks).
- Christopher Mark Rosschair
- Alison Kathryn Charlotte Collins
- HELEN SPEED
- JOHN ALAN STOTT · trustee of 1 other charity
- Mohammad Abdul Waheed
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
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.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.
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