Bolton Carers Support

Analysis

Bolton Carers Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in August 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03965369). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bolton Carers Support reported income of £377k and spending of £389k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £285k to £377k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Bolton Carers Support sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 The Wands Charitable Trust (£376k), The Syder Foundation (£378k) and The Barnet Recreational Trust (£375k).