Carefree Cornwall

Analysis

Carefree Cornwall is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Redruth. It was registered in June 2008, 18 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 06481146). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Carefree Cornwall reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.7m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £878k to £1.6m (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Carefree Cornwall sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Imdadul Muslimeen (£1.6m), Sussex Interpreting Services (£1.6m) and The Kirby Laing Foundation (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £311k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.