CARERS UK

Registered charity 246329 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASSOCIATION OF CARERS, CARERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, CARERS NORTHERN IRELAND, CARERS SCOTLAND, CARERS WALES, CARERS' NATIONAL ASSOCIATION · also registered in Scotland as SC039307 (OSCR)

To alleviate the conditions of life amongst people who are caring or who have cared for elderly, sick, disabled or otherwise infirm persons.To relieve and alleviate, and to promote, encourage and assist in the relief or alleviation of all kinds of mental and physical amongst carers and those persons for whom they are caring.To advance education concerning caring amongst carers and the public.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall operating deficit of £25k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £2.11m, sufficient to cover 6.1 months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00864097
• Trading subsidiary: CARERS UK TRADING LIMITED Companies House 06034910

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Carers UK (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).

• Pears Foundation — “The Pears Foundation’s commitment to providing unrestricted funding is invaluable in allowing us to develop and strengthen the support we of…” (source page)
• John Ellerman Foundation — “John Ellerman Foundation is supporting Carers UK with a three-year grant through their Social Action programme.” (source page)
• The Steel Charitable Trust — “We are grateful to The Steel Charitable Trust for their three year grant which is enabling us to sustain and develop our support for carers’…” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “We are grateful to the Garfield Weston Foundation for their unrestricted grant. Unrestricted funding is invaluable in allowing us to deliver…” (source page)
• Robertson Trust — “The Robertson Trust is supporting Carers Scotland with grant of £54,000 towards the salary costs of our Development and Training Manager.” (source page)
• The Department of Health and Social Care through the Health and Wellbeing Alliance — “Carers UK and Carers Trust are part of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, a partnership between NHS England and Improvement and Department o…” (source page)
• Spirit of 2012 — “We were proud to collaborate with Spirit of 2012 on the Carers’ Music Fund, a programme of funding for projects between 2019-21 that put wom…” (source page)
• Sport England — “We were proud to collaborate with Spirit of 2012 on the Carers’ Music Fund, a programme of funding for projects between 2019-21 that put wom…” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund - Awards for All Scotland — “The National Lottery Community Fund helped improve unpaid carers’ mental and emotional wellbeing by supporting Carers Scotland to deliver it…” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund - Awards for All England — “The National Lottery Community Fund supported Carers UK to deliver 2021’s Carers Rights Day community engagement events.” (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.

• WOODWARD, Martha Chamberlin — director, appointed 09/10/2024on trustee list
• HATTER, Anthony — director, appointed 09/10/2024on trustee list
• JOSEPHS, David Michael Granville — director, appointed 09/10/2024on trustee list
• JAMES, Visala — director, appointed 18/10/2023on trustee list
• BAIRD, Nicholas Graham Faraday — director, appointed 29/06/2020not on trustee list
• HARDEN, Beverley Elizabeth — director, appointed 11/10/2018on trustee list
• MARTIN, Flora Scott — director, appointed 11/10/2018on trustee list
• DANGOOR, Margaret Patricia — director, appointed 11/10/2018on trustee list
• BROWN, Helen, Dr — director, appointed 11/10/2018on trustee list
• MAGIMAY, Marie — secretary, appointed 03/12/2015

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Hatter
• Beverley Elizabeth Harden
• David Michael Granville Josephs
• Dr HELEN BROWN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Flora Scott Martin
• Margaret Patricia Dangoor · trustee of 2 other charities
• Martha C Woodward
• Nicholas Graham Faraday Baird CMG CVO
• Visala James

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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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 EAST SUSSEX BRIGHTON & HOVE CROSSROADS - CARING FOR CARERS LIMITED.

• EAST SUSSEX BRIGHTON & HOVE CROSSROADS - CARING FOR CARERS LIMITED income £492k
• CARERS TRUST income £13.0m
• CARE FOR THE CARERS income £1.7m
• CARERS IN HERTFORDSHIRE income £3.3m
• CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE income £275k
• Care Rights UK: your care champion income £139k

Side by side with its peers

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