Caresco

Analysis

Caresco is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huntingdon. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07513432). It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Caresco reported income of £262k and spending of £277k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £183k to £262k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Caresco sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Joicey Trust (£261k), Talk Club (£263k) and The Thomas Farr Charity (£260k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.