Social Care in Action

Analysis

Social Care in Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04526806). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2024, Social Care in Action reported income of £5.4m and spending of £6.1m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to September 2024, income fell from £11.8m to £5.4m (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Social Care in Action sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Society for Rheumatology (£5.4m), Longfield Hospice Care (£5.4m) and Easy Housing Association (£5.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, donations and legacies 1.9%, trading 1.4% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 211 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.