St Cuthbert's Care

Analysis

St Cuthbert's Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in July 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01645917). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, St Cuthbert's Care reported income of £13.6m and spending of £13.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £10.2m to £13.6m (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, St Cuthbert's Care sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Smile Train UK (£13.6m), St Barnabas Hospice Trust (Lincolnshire) (£13.7m) and Devon Air Ambulance Trust (£13.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, trading 2.9% and donations and legacies 2.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £38k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 308 people.