CROFT CARE TRUST

Registered charity 703194 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARROW AND DISTRICT SPASTIC AND HANDICAPPED SOCIETY

Croft Care Trust provides care for adults over the age of 18 years with physical and learning difficulties within our Nursing Home and Residential Village

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,922,672, which is above the charity's stated policy target of £1 million. However, the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £95,565 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income, and noted an inevitable decrease in the value of its investment portfolio.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by JL Winder & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02516363 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Croft Care Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• SHIRLEY, Carol — director, appointed 01/03/2026on trustee list
• WARD, Neil Edmund — director, appointed 01/03/2026on trustee list
• HIBBERT, Colette — director, appointed 28/04/2021on trustee list
• EDMONDSON, Sarah — director, appointed 06/11/2020on trustee list
• EDMONDSON, Avis — director, appointed 06/04/2011on 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); recorded price paid £145k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Croft Care Trust — Registered, 2 registered locations, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 25/02/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~17.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• The Croft Nursing Home (Barrow): Good (24/02/2026) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• AVIS MARGARET EDMONDSONchair
• Carol Shirley
• Colette Hibbert
• Neil Ward
• PHILLIP JOHN HEATH
• Sarah Edmondson

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Common questions

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 FAMILY CARE TRUST.

• FAMILY CARE TRUST income £4.2m
• Friends of Croftlands Junior, Infant and Nursery School income £111k
• RUTLAND HOUSE COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £1.5m
• AMICA CARE TRUST income £15.9m
• New Forest Care Homes Ltd income £1.8m
• CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD income £133k

Side by side with its peers

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