Care of Police Survivors

Analysis

Care of Police Survivors is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Catton. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Care of Police Survivors reported income of £757k and spending of £614k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £616k to £757k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Care of Police Survivors sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derbyshire Mind (£757k), Changing Lives Charity (£757k) and Sheffield African Caribbean Mental Health Association Limited (£757k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86% and trading 13%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 21%. Reserves of £200k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.