Carers UK

Analysis

Carers UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1966, 60 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 00864097). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Carers UK reported income of £4.7m and spending of £5.0m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £4.9m to £4.7m (-4.7%), an average of -1.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Carers UK sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include LSEG Foundation (£4.6m), The Family Trust (£4.8m) and UK Fund for Charities (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52%, donations and legacies 47% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £553k. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 12%. Grants to other organisations totalled £48k. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 69 people.

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.