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Registered charity · Luton

Caraline: Eating Disorders Counselling and Support Service

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £353k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedford, Milton Keynes
Website
www.caraline.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£353k£393k
  • 2024£487k£360k
  • 2023£440k£432k
Earlier years
  • 2022£377k£440k
  • 2021£329k£285k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 88%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM ANOREXIA OR BULIMIA NERVOSA IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT SERVICE WITHIN NON-STIGMATISING SURROUNDINGS. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS BY THE PROVISION OF AN ACCESSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO HOSPITAL-BASED CARE IN ORDER TO REDUCE BOTH THE NECESSITY FOR ADMISSION TO A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL AND THE DURATION OF THE LENGTH OF IN-PATIENT CARE FOR THOSE ADMITTED. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THE FAMILIES OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANOREXIA OR BULIMIA NERVOSA. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST SUFFERERS, CARERS, PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF AN EDUCATION SERVICE WHICH OFFERS INFORMATION AND SKILLS-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES RELATING TO ANOREXIA NERVOSA, BULIMIA NERVOSA AND ASSOCIATED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

Grants received

5 grants · £84,022 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Postcode Places Trust · £50,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £34,022 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,2262026-02-26
  • Postcode Places Trust £50,0002025-11-05
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,3202016-06-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,4762013-04-11
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002006-01-18
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

5.1y median 3y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£353k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1053897
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29 NOVEMBER 1995 AS AMENDED 28 FEBRUARY 1996 AS AMENDED 16 FEBRUARY 2000 AND 25 OCTOBER 2006
Contact on the register
01582457474 · admin@caraline.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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