Care in Action

Analysis

Care in Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Care in Action reported income of £25k and spending of £11k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £26k to £25k (-5.5%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Care in Action sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Medina Ghosia Education Centre (£25k), The Friends of the Faversham Cottage Hospital and Community Medical Centres (£25k) and The South Wales Search and Rescue Association (£25k).