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Registered charity · Kent

Carers First

4.1 For the public benefit, to relieve the needs of carers and persons who are sick, infirm, disabled or who have social care needs in particular but not exclusively by:4.1.1 the provision of information, advice and support4.1.2 the provision of respite care

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £5.3m (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 5 more
Where
Haringey, Waltham Forest, Essex, Lincolnshire and more
Website
www.carersfirst.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Carers First
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.3m£5.1m
  • 2024£4.9m£5.1m
  • 2023£4.7m£4.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.6m£4.4m
  • 2021£4.3m£4.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 86% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

4.1 For the public benefit, to relieve the needs of carers and persons who are sick, infirm, disabled or who have social care needs in particular but not exclusively by:4.1.1 the provision of information, advice and support4.1.2 the provision of respite care

Grants received

32 grants · £1,058,688 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

Most recent

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.

2.2y median 1.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
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 10General Charitable Purposes 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

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 11Education 2Professional services 2

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£5.3m 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.

4.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.6 in 2021

138 from 145 in 2021
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.
88%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1085430
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/01/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/10/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/12/2006NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18 DEC 2015 as amended on 26 Jul 2017 as amended on 04 Nov 2020
Companies House
Company number 04144820 · Active
Contact on the register
03003031555 · hello@carersfirst.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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