Caring and Sharing Trust

Analysis

Caring and Sharing Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northants. It was registered in January 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Caring and Sharing Trust reported income of £91k and spending of £206k, spending 225% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £197k to £91k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Caring and Sharing Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Advance: the Institute for the Scotson Technique (£91k), Beverley Baptist (£91k) and Swap (Safe Welcome After Prison) (£91k).

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.