CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1182567 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARETECH FOUNDATION

The Foundation is an independent grant-making body whose work is currently focused on the following three key objectives: 1) Physical and learning disabilities and mental health 2) Skills development for the care sector 3) Supporting local communities

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 1. TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SIMILAR DISADVANTAGE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BY AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS:A. TO UNDERWRITE THE COST OF ATTENDING ANY TENABLE PLACE OF LEARNING;B. TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY INTO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION;C. TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING THEIR MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; ORD. TO DEVELOP THE COMPETENCIES AND LIFE SKILLS OF PEOPLE PRECLUDED FROM OBTAINING ANY FORM OF EMPLOYMENT BY VIRTUE OF THEIR IMPAIRED MENTAL OR PHYSICAL CAPACITIES;2. TO RELIEVE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESS OF PERSONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT; 3. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THE SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES OF PEOPLE OF ANY AGE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO ACCESS SUCH SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL BARRIERS SUCH AS DISCRIMINATION WITH A VIEW TO EQUIPPING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;4. TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN THE FORM OF:A. MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE) FOR PERSONS, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS AND/OR COUNTRIES AFFECTED; ORB. THE SUPPLY OF MEDICAL AID TO SUCH PERSONS; TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISIONS OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT; AND5. TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES 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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £7.379M in unrestricted reserves, which is in excess of its stated policy target of £200,000. The trustees confirm the charity is well-placed financially and has no material uncertainties regarding its 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 audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11651094

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Haroon Sheikh — Chair of Trustees (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• CareTech Holdings Limited — “The Foundation receives a restricted donation from CareTech Holdings Limited to enable us to provide small grants to CareTech staff and thos…” (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.

• BARRETO, Joshua Thomas — director, appointed 25/02/2026on trustee list
• REIDY, John Paul — director, appointed 15/07/2025on trustee list
• BURTON, Helen Claire — director, appointed 17/05/2023on trustee list
• SHEIKH, Hamza Rashid — director, appointed 30/07/2021on trustee list
• DICKINSON, Christopher Keith — director, appointed 17/09/2019on trustee list
• JAFFER, Navshir — director, appointed 17/09/2019on trustee list
• SHEIKH, Farouq Rashid — director, appointed 30/10/2018on trustee list
• SHEIKH, Haroon Rashid — director, appointed 30/10/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~71.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• HAROON RASHID SHEIKHchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Dickinson
• FAROUQ RASHID SHEIKH OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hamza Rashid Sheikh
• Helen Claire Burton
• John Paul Reidy
• Joshua Thomas Barreto
• Navshir Jaffer · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Pakistan · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £447k
• PROWTING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £140k
• THE CHURCHILL FOUNDATION income £781k
• FOCUS FOUNDATION income £879k
• MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £11.9m
• PADWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £485k

Side by side with its peers

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