Registered charity · Essex
Carers Choices
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Brian Richard TerryChair · since 2011
- Carley RobertsTrustee · since 2024
- Clive Anthony PittsTrustee · since 2022
- Colin SimpsonTrustee · since 2024
- Lawrence Harry MckeoghTrustee · since 2013
- Michael Paul HayesTrustee · since 2013
- Robert Raymond SmaleTrustee · since 2016
- Robert SalterTrustee · since 2024
- Toluwase Victoria OladosuTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Essex
- Website
- www.carerschoices.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Carers Choices
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.8m£1.8m
- 2024£1.6m£1.5m
- 2023£1.3m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.2m
- 2021£1.3m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 56% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE BRANCH SCHEME'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:TO RELIEVE THE STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY CARERS AND BENEFICIARIES.THE AREA OF BENEFIT SHALL BE ESSEX AS AGREED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CROSSROADS ASSOCIATION.
Grants received
17 grants · £213,760 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £49,463 (5 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £40,000
- Essex Community Foundation · £38,487 (6 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £28,590
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £21,500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Brian Richard Terry Chair since 2011
- Carley Roberts since 2024
- Clive Anthony Pitts since 2022
- Colin Simpson since 2024
- Lawrence Harry Mckeogh since 2013
- Michael Paul Hayes since 2013
- Robert Raymond Smale since 2016
- Robert Salter since 2024
- Toluwase Victoria Oladosu since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Brian Richard Terry Chair since 2011
- Lawrence Harry Mckeogh since 2013
- Michael Paul Hayes since 2013
- Robert Raymond Smale since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Brian Richard Terry Chair since 2011
- Carley Roberts since 2024
- Clive Anthony Pitts since 2022
- Colin Simpson since 2024
- Lawrence Harry Mckeogh since 2013
- Michael Paul Hayes since 2013
- Robert Raymond Smale since 2016
- Robert Salter since 2024
- Toluwase Victoria Oladosu since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1093483
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- INCORPORATED 12/11/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/07/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/11/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15/10/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/05/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10/09/2013 as amended on 25 Nov 2021 as amended on 17 Sep 2013 as amended on 01 May 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 04320986 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01268881130 · care@carerschoices.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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