Carer Support Wiltshire

Analysis

Carer Support Wiltshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Trowbridge. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04415685). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Carer Support Wiltshire reported income of £852k and spending of £748k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £852k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Carer Support Wiltshire sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fulham Boys School Foundation CIO (£851k), The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation (£852k) and Minsthorpe Charitable Trust (£847k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and donations and legacies 5.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £35k. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.9%. Reserves of £215k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.