Carers Federation Ltd

Analysis

Carers Federation Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03123142). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Carers Federation Ltd reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.3m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £765k to £1.6m (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Carers Federation Ltd sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Childlife (£1.6m), The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust (£1.6m) and Saba Relief & Development Foundation Limited (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, trading 2.6% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £946k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.