Caras Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Ltd

Analysis

Caras Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 89 Bickersteth Road. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06462487). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Caras Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Ltd reported income of £872k and spending of £796k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £569k to £872k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Caras Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Ltd sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Walsall FC Foundation (£867k), Amazing Kids Club Ltd (£874k) and Acorns Early Years Centre (£865k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, donations and legacies 23%, investments 1.9% and trading 1.3%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.5%. Reserves of £387k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.