Caraline: Eating Disorders Counselling and Support Service

Analysis

Caraline: Eating Disorders Counselling and Support Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Luton. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Caraline: Eating Disorders Counselling and Support Service reported income of £378k and spending of £421k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £377k to £378k (+0.0%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Caraline: Eating Disorders Counselling and Support Service sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Transgenerational Change Limited (£377k), Millennium Farm Trust (£378k) and May Measurement Month (£377k).