Gateshead Carers Association

Analysis

Gateshead Carers Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne & Wear. It was registered in April 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 06133161). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gateshead Carers Association reported income of £242k and spending of £331k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £603k to £242k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gateshead Carers Association sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Celestial Church of Christ Salvation Ark Parish (£242k), The Greenberg Foundation (£242k) and Higher Denham Community CIO (£242k).