Carers' Support (Bexley)

Registered charity 1075801 Registered since 1999

Operates: Bexley, Greenwich

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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.

5 trustees on the board

Nicola FRY Chair
Elisabeth Yvonne Verney Petchey since 2020
Iris Benjafield since 2015
Mary Phillips since 2023
Saby Ghosh since 2026

5y median 4.5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Elisabeth Yvonne Verney Petchey since 2020
Iris Benjafield since 2015

12.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Nicola FRY Chair
Elisabeth Yvonne Verney Petchey since 2020
Iris Benjafield since 2015
Saby Ghosh since 2026

Portfolio (1)

Mary Phillips since 2023

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 6Business services 1

Gaps to watch

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£635k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

11.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 13.7 in 2021

20 from 35 in 2023

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

58%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Disabled Christians Fellowship Sidcup 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Ravensbourne Project Similar size; both Disability
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund Similar size; both Disability
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Charitable Fund Similar size; both Disability
Sutton Mental Health Foundation Charity Company Similar size; both Disability
Integrated Neurological Services Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.carerssupport.org
Email	info@carerssupport.org
Phone	02083028011
Address	Carers Support (Bexley), Wolsley House, Wolsley Close, Crayford, DARTFORD, DA1 4BE

Finances

£635,066 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£449,892	£320,674
2022	£484,673	£395,629
2023	£669,594	£627,187
2024	£809,665	£723,855
2025	£635,066	£721,158

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND MATERIAL DISTRESS AMONGST THE CARERS OF PERSONS WHO ARE FRAIL, ELDERLY, DISABLED, OR ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO LIVE IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF BEXLEY AND GREENWICH BY PROVIDING FLEXIBLE HOME-BASED RESPITE CARE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION FOR SUCH CARERS TO ASSIST THE CARERS AND THEIR DEPENDENT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8TH FEBRUARY 1999 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION OF 24 SEPTEMBER 2001

Trustees (5)

5trustees

69median age

2aged 70+

Nicola FRYage band 60-64 Chair
Elisabeth Yvonne Verney Petcheyage band 75-79 since 2020
Iris Benjafieldage band 70-74 since 2015
Mary Phillipsage band 65-69 since 2023
Saby Ghosh since 2026

Linked company (Companies House)

Carers' Support (Bexley) · 03709684 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/02/1999

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Disabled Christians Fellowship Sidcup 1 shared trustee

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