Carers Link - Lancashire

Analysis

Carers Link - Lancashire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08584591). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Carers Link - Lancashire reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £955k to £1.3m (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Carers Link - Lancashire 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 Age UK Ealing (£1.3m), Citizens Advice in East Dorset and Purbeck Ltd (£1.3m) and Dorset Blind Association (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83%, trading 12% and donations and legacies 2.2%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £345k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.