Caretrade Charitable Trust

Analysis

Caretrade Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06789119). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Caretrade Charitable Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.5m (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Caretrade Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Lincolnshire Employment Accommodation Project Limited (£1.5m), Dreamflight (£1.5m) and Enfield Carers Centre (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, donations and legacies 8.8% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £407k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.