CARE WORKERS SUPPORT

Registered charity 1207208 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as The Care Workers' Charity

The charity aim to relieve the need of person who are or have been engaged in the care sector, and the widows, widowers, partners, orphans and the other dependents of such persons by relieving poverty and sickness. Care sector will be defined as covering care homes for the older people and for younger adults, domiciliary care providers, day centres and supported living providers.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES MUST APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN FURTHERING THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS("THE OBJECTS")THE CHARITY AIMS TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE CARE SECTOR (SEE DEFINITION BELOW) AND THE WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, PARTNERS, ORPHANS AND OTHER DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS BY RELIEVING POVERTY AND SICKNESSFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CHARITY, THE CARE SECTOR WILL BE DEFINED AS COVERING CARE HOMES FOR OLDER PEOPLE AND FOR YOUNGER ADULTS, DOMICILIARY CARE PROVIDERS, DAY CENTRES AND SUPPORTED LIVING PROVIDERS, TO INCLUDE BOTH PRIVATE (INDEPENDENT) AND PUBLIC.

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

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

2024

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £596,498 at the end of the year, which is above the trustees' stated target of £255,000. Per the trustees' report, this strong reserves position, combined with significant liquid assets, supports the continuity of the charity's activities and confirms the going concern basis of accounting.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £255,000 (reserves figure: £596k)

“Following this review, the trustees have set a target free reserves level of £255,000.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. 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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £115,032 — grants £115,032 (2); 9% of the £1,257,248 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 15048761

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Care Workers Support (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Karolina Gerlich — Chief Executive Officer (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.

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.

BOXALL, Angela Jane — director, appointed 05/08/2026on trustee list
LIVINGSTON, Sarah Juliette — director, appointed 05/05/2026on trustee list
BREINGAN, Derek Andrew — director, appointed 10/02/2026on trustee list
GERLICH, Karolina Joanna — director, appointed 01/12/2025not on trustee list
NORMAN, George Matthew — director, appointed 08/05/2025on trustee list
HOLLOW, Nathan William Christian — director, appointed 08/11/2023on trustee list
DELANEY, Lisa Jane — director, appointed 04/08/2023on trustee list
CHESTER-GLYN, Sophie Louise Ifeoma — director, appointed 04/08/2023on trustee list
JONES, Martin Clifford — director, appointed 04/08/2023on trustee list
WELLS, Shanna Helen — secretary, appointed 09/02/2026
GERLICH, Karolina Joanna — secretary, appointed 04/08/2023

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.0m

Cost of raising funds

£153k

Reserves (reported)

£255k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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: 12.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Angela Jane Boxall
Derek Andrew Breingan
George Matthew Norman
Lisa Jane Delaney
Nathan William Hollow
Sarah Juliette Livingston
Sophie Louise Chester-Glyn

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.3m	£1.0m
31/12/2024	£0	£0

Common questions

Is CARE WORKERS SUPPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £596,498 at the end of the year, which is above the trustees' stated target of £255,000. Per the trustees' report, this strong reserves position, combined with significant liquid assets, supports the continuity of the charity's activities and confirms the going concern basis of accounting. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

Who funds CARE WORKERS SUPPORT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARE WORKERS SUPPORT as a grant recipient include HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION, CSIS CHARITY FUND, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND, THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION	FY2021	£50k
HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION	FY2023	£35k
HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION	FY2024	£26k
CSIS CHARITY FUND	FY2023	£25k	General welfare support grants to care workers and their families
CSIS CHARITY FUND	FY2022	£25k	Welfare support for care workers and their families
CSIS CHARITY FUND	FY2025	£25k	For crisis support, care workers well-being and general grants
CSIS CHARITY FUND	FY2024	£25k	General welfare support grants to care workers and their families
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2025	£20k	Crisis grant support to care workers in London
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£16k	The Care Worker Champion Project
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k	Care Worker Advisory Board + DHSC Roundtable
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Compassionate Support
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2023	£5k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£5.2m
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	2	£831k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	2	£240k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	2	£50k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£9k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	2	£9k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£5k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARE FOR THE CARERS.

CARE FOR THE CARERS income £1.7m
CARERS UK income £4.7m
SUPPORTING CARERS AND FAMILIES TOGETHER income £98k
STOCKPORT CARE SCHEMES income £310k
Caring for Communities and People income £13.0m
CARE UK Charity income £470k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CARE WORKERS SUPPORT	£1.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CARE FOR THE CARERS FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CARERS UK FY2026	£4.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
SUPPORTING CARERS AND FAMILIES TOGETHER FY2025	£98k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STOCKPORT CARE SCHEMES FY2025	£310k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Caring for Communities and People FY2026	£13.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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