2025-03-31-accounts - Brent Carers Centre

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Company registration number: 03354038 Charity registration number: 1066691

BRENT CARERS CENTRE TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Green & Peter(UK) Ltd

Brent Carers Centre Contents

	Page
Reference and Administrative Details	1
Trustees' Report	2—9
Independent Auditor's Report	10—12
Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)	13
Comparative Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)	14
Balance Sheet	15
Notes to the Financial Statements	16—24
The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)	25

Brent Carers Centre Reference and Administrative Details For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

Trustees	Mrs Ingeborg Ahmad
	Helen Hagger
	Mr Arifali Punjani
	Ms Irene Lewis
	Ms Judith Elliot
	Ms Abiola Johnson
	Ms Nicolette Roberts-Collazo
Charity Number	1066691
Company Number	03354038
Registered Office	Willesden Medical Centre 144-150 High Road
	Willesden
	London
	NW10 2PT
Auditors	Green & Peter (UK) Ltd
	The Limes
	1339 High Road
	London
	N20 9HR

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Brent Carers Centre Company No. 03354038 Trustees' Report For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Objectives and Activities

Aims and Objectives

Brent Cares’ Centre is a local charity which provides practical and emotional support for all carers who either live in Brent or care for someone who lives in Brent. Brent Cares Centre also assist in the relief of vulnerable people and those who are elderly, disabled, chronically sick or suffering from substance misuse or an addiction.

The aim of the charity is “To improve the lives of unpaid carers and vulnerable people in Brent so that they may live rather than just exist”.

Our objectives are:

To be a centre of excellence for services to carers (including young carers) providing a universal information and advice service across all aspects of caring
To enable carers from the diverse communities in Brent to access the range of services to which they are entitled To add to the skills of carers to both enhance their caring ability and improve their future prospects To empower carers to have a voice

To support professionals to respond to carers in an appropriate and positive way

To ensure that we are a learning organization, developing and valuing the skills of all including staff, Trustees, volunteers and carers

To secure funding for services so long as they are needed.

Brent Carers Centre continues to work collaboratively with Brent Council in supporting vulnerable carers in the borough. We also work collaboratively with the Northwest London Clinical Commissioning group, the ICP and a number of voluntary sector organizations, trusts and funding bodies. We understand the value of networking and sustaining professional working relationships to achieve our charitable objectives and improved outcomes to our beneficiaries.

Significant Activities

Brent Carers’ Services

The objectives of the carers’ services are as follows:

To provide a single point of access to a wide range of services for all carers in Brent

To ensure that all carers experience a seamless and consistent service

To provide an equitable service for all clients

To support carers in every aspect of their informal caring role and to enable them to continue in their caring role for as long as they choose and are able

To promote carers’ issues and services locally through a variety of accessible wells

To improve the opportunities of carers and the cared for, to proactively improve their health and wellbeing To enable carers to be recognized as equal care partners

To facilitate carers’ involvement in relevant national and local engagement and consultation activity To advise and support carers on making use of the complaint's procedure.

In partnership with a statutory organization and a third sector partners to facilitate the carers' role in improving and developing services in the statutory sector

Public Benefit

How Brent Carers Centre Deliver Public Benefit

Our main activities and who we try to help are described above. All our charitable activities focus on quality advice, information and a range of support services which are undertaken to further our charitable purposes for the public benefit.

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

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Brent Carers Centre Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

Achievements and Performance

Main Achievements

Supporting Carers

400 new adult carers and 139 young carers were identified and registered during this year. Brent Carers Centre now has a total of 7,338 (2024 - 6,848) carers registered after adjusting for carers who have de-registered. Welfare benefits advice continues to be a priority in supporting Carers, we have maximized income with grants and benefits awarded to carers, all of which make a significant difference to carer’s lives, particularly in this cost-of-living crisis.
Respite activities and Support Groups continue to be well attended. During this year we delivered multiple coffee mornings, training workshops, theatres & cinema shows, day trips, meals out. We delivered 84 respite activities throughout the year, which was attended by 499 carers.
47 Carers received personalised grants during this year to the value of £14,693. Making the average grant awarded to be £312 per carer.
Brent Carers Centre has introduced a service to help match carers in receipt of direct payment, with a PA matching Service. We also launched a Befriending Service and Sitting Service for both carers and their dependents. Carefree Breaks During this year we have launched a service etc.
Throughout the year, Brent Carers Centre delivered 5,735 (2024 - 2,650) episodes of information and advice to carers.

Health & Wellbeing Services

Our Health & Wellbeing projects continue to make significant impact on the lives of residents and service users in Brent.

The primary aim of all projects is to reduce health inequalities in Brent and achieve better health outcomes for the most vulnerable and marginalized in the borough.

Health inequalities are avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. Brent Health Matter proposes to address inequalities in the borough with the investment into projects and programmes targeted at achieving better health outcomes where it is unevenly identified. As such, the areas with poorer health outcomes or higher rates of long-term health conditions will have more focus than other parts of the borough.

Through the delivery of activities which educate and raise awareness on strategies proven to achieve better health outcomes on a range of health issues identified as a priority within the borough. Brent Carers Centre, working with the partnership agencies is a significant contributor to the Brent Health Matters agenda in improving the overall health of residents in Brent.

Health Education Partnership

Brent Carers Centre continues to the lead for Health Educators Partnership Service (HEPS), delivered by working in partnership with Brent Mencap, Brent Young Thrive, PLIAS and SAAFI. Together we work collaboratively with Brent Health Matters to redress health inequalities across the borough.

During this financial year the HEP service identified 60 people who were not registered with GPs a significant decrease of 46 on the number of residents not registered with GPs last year.

Health Educators (HEs) also participated in various training sessions to increase their knowledge on health services and on how they can effectively engage and provide accurate information to residents. Training included support within BHM, Dietitian, Diabetes case management training with NHS, NHS App, Obesity and diabetes management (online), Mental health and dementia awareness training.

Specific achievements

HEs engaged in 1,208 outreach activities in five Brent connecting arears (Kilburn, Wembley, Harlesden, Kingsbury, Willesden) compared to last year where they engaged with 1,210 BHM events. They engaged with 11,416 residents of all backgrounds mainly BAME between the age of 18-95 years of age, whereas last year they engaged with 16547 residents.

HEs have delivered and arranged DDI and Diabetes peer support programme for 6 weeks in all 5 localities where they have managed to design flyer and did the publicity successfully. The programme ended up well attended. The residents enjoyed both the sessions and found them informative. Participants found the programme so useful and productive and gave feedback that they are looking forward for a continuous and ongoing programme where they can attend it regularly on a weekly or monthly bases. The feedback has been very positive which defines the hard and dedicated work of HEs.

12 trained Health Educators continues to support the CLCH Clinical team wherever they are required to deliver health checks and support during BHM events. 1 new role of Diabetes case management HEs is introduced this year, for working specifically on case studies in all 5 localities.

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Brent Carers Centre Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

Main Achievements - continued

Some key learnings from the HEPS have been:

Diabetes residents experienced increase knowledge and confidence to self-manage their health and wellbeing in relation to diabetes because of being supported by health educators for 8-12 weeks through case management monitoring support.
The HEPS programme boosted a sense of community wellbeing and empowered residents with better understanding of self-management.
More residents are engaging in physical activities and choosing healthy eating habits.
Collaborative effort, in partnership with stakeholders, played a vital role in successfully providing support to the communities.
More people are now aware of what they can do to improve their health and wellbeing.
Educating people about healthy foods choices such as reading food labels, reduce intake of high carbohydrate food, drinking water, having food with proteins.

Residents have been signposted to other relevant services that promote healthy living.

Many residents have been making lifestyle changes and choosing healthy eating more water intake and exercising. Residents are happy to know that diabetes type 2 is preventable, and they can join the remission programme.

Wellbeing Outreach Service

The wellbeing outreach service reaches out people living with a Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and a carer to ensure they have their annual health check. Carers and people living with a Serious Mental Issue face considerable challenges in the lives, which in turn increases the likelihood of poorer health conditions. Health checks help to identify health concerns you may not be aware of, which improves access to early health treatments or interventions for better health outcomes of the person.

This service continues to face challenges when trying to work with GP’s, such as:

Practice managers being extremely difficult to get hold of and engage with. It is usual for several attempts to be made over a period of time before making it a successful initial contact.
Where contact has been made, there is often a long waiting time to hear the response or poor communication experienced from some GP’s.
GP’s have struggled to agree suitable times to set up meeting with the wellbeing outreach service due to their busy work schedules. Cautiousness about sharing their patient lists as they want to maintain the privacy of SMI patients who are a vulnerable client group etc.

However, where GP’s have been open and receptive to working collaboratively with the Well-being Outreach Service, the following successes have been achieved:

A mutually approved data sharing agreement has been established.
Patient list with contact details is shared with our wellbeing outreach workers.
Some GP’s have provided a list of appointment slots, so we can make appointments for patients, making it a smoother arrangement.
We have been able to increase the uptake of health checks by providing direct 1-2-1 consultations and reminders to patients to improve attendance to health checks appointments at their GP.
We slowly but surely continue to expand our service to engage with more GP’s across the borough for the benefit of their patients.

Back 2 Health Project

The Brent Back to Health project saw partners working at a community level with patients in areas of high deprivation, aiming for patients to ‘wait well’ as they were on the lists for treatment or diagnosis.

This collaboratively led project, consist of the following partners, CVS Brent, Health professionals within Northwick Park Hospital and Brent Carers Centre. Brent Carers Centre were identified as a local delivery partner who could recruit volunteers and manage the day-to-day service, with the calls being made to patients and with liaison with the Trust.

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Brent Carers Centre Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

Main Achievements - continued

Success

As the first project of this type in Brent there were many things which were identified and developed for the first time. This has generated a number of successes and learnings which can be taken forward onto other projects.

The service initially focussed on patient on the Ophthalmology waiting lists and later expanded to include patient appointment for Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery, Cardiology, Diabetic Medicine and Endocrinology. This project brought together the voluntary sector and the health care sector working collaboratively to launch a service which aimed to help reduce the number of missed appointments and re-admissions.

Between late April 2024 and March 2025, volunteers attempted to contact 6,738 patients across 11,179 calls (patients who cannot be contacted on first attempt were tried again where capacity allowed). Overall, volunteers managed to engage with just under two thirds of those patients.

Call volumes steadily increased over the first eight months of the project, with a notable uptick in October when calls began to take place for Maxillofacial surgery as well as Ophthalmology.

A team of trained volunteers will be supported by a voluntary coordinator to ensure patients are aware of their oncoming appointments; are able to attend and supported it to make alternative arrangements if they are unable to attend.

Patients on the ophthalmology waiting list will be contacted in advance of their appointment to check they are able to attend and openly discuss any challenges that might impact their ability to get to the hospital. They may also be signposted to appropriate services if they need a specialist support.

Outcomes

Using its established Insight & Impact evaluation service, the following outcomes are identified across a range of beneficiaries.

Improved understanding of how to access further information and support.

Patients

Best prepared for their appointments, removing barriers to / increasing confidence in accessing care.

More informed about their care.

Organisation Reduced DNA’s amongst patients with upcoming appointments. Improved confidence and sense of purpose. Develop new skills that support personal & professional development. Volunteer

Develop new skills that support personal & professional development.

Confidence that time spent volunteering is of benefit to patients and the organisation. Satisfied with and happy in their role.

Volunteers

During 24-25 thirty-five volunteers participated in the following roles within Brent Carers Centre:

Office Administration Event Planning Community Outreach Work & Tech Volunteering

On average each placement was for a period of six months.

When asked to please rate the overall quality of your volunteer placement with Brent Carers Centre, 68% of 22 respondent state it was very high quality, with a further 3% stating it was high quality.

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Brent Carers Centre Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

Main Achievements - continued

Publicity & Communication

Caring4Carers, our monthly E-Newsletter, continues to be a reliable source of information and news to those carers who have access to digital technology.

Development Work

The following successes have been achieved during 2024 - 25.

The launch of our advice, befriending and counselling service.

We successfully reprocured the Carers Support Service Contract and are now the main provider supporting both adult and young carers in the borough of Brent.

Courtesy of the John Lyons charity, we have been able to appoint Young Carers Service Manager.

We are prioritizing our efforts to address the digital barriers that many carers face in the borough.

Tackling digital exclusion

We continue to explore and promote opportunities to reduce the digital barriers that many carers in the borough still face. This includes supporting carers to build digital confidence, access online services, and engage more easily with essential information and resources.

Strengthening Sustainability Through Income Generation:

We are actively exploring income-generating opportunities that support the long-term sustainability of our services. We want to ensure we can continue to provide high-quality support to carers while diversifying and strengthening our financial base.

Building Organisational Capacity:

We recognise the need to invest in the capacity-building of our organisation to strengthen our ability to deliver high-quality, responsive services. By developing our internal infrastructure, expanding our service development potential, and enhancing our fundraising strategies, we will be better positioned to respond effectively to emerging needs and secure sustainable growth for the future.

However, we continue to face a significant challenge: how do we build capacity when our current resources limit our ability to invest in that very growth? This remains a key strategic question for the organisation, and one that will require innovative thinking, targeted partnership working, and the pursuit of new opportunities to ensure we can develop sustainably while continuing to meet the needs of carers and vulnerable people in the borough.

Strengthening Partnerships and Collaborative Working

This year, the charity has continued to strengthen and expand our partnerships across Brent, with particular emphasis on our growing collaboration with Brent Adult and Children’s Social Care services, Mental Health Service & the Integrated Care Partnership. These relationships remain central to our mission, enabling us to work collectively to improve support for carers and vulnerable residents.

Our joint work with statutory partners, voluntary and community organisations, and wider professional networks has allowed us to share expertise, coordinate resources, and contribute meaningfully to local strategic priorities. Through regular consultation events, user surveys, and shared case studies, we have ensured that the voices and experiences of carers and service users inform ongoing service development and drive improvements in practice.

We highly value our partnership with colleagues in health and social care and will continue to nurture these relationships in the year ahead. By deepening our collaboration with Brent Adult and Children’s Social Care services, we aim to strengthen pathways of support, enhance service quality, and deliver better outcomes for carers and vulnerable people across the borough.

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Brent Carers Centre Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

Financial Review

Financial Position

The charity had a surplus of £115,273 in this financial year (2024 - £137,122), as shown in the Statement of Financial activities on page 13 of these financial statements.

Our priority will continue to be working on securing funding to sustain the range of services we know make a difference in the lives of carers.

Reserves Policy

As at 31st March 2025 the restricted reserves stood at £9,773 (2024 - £24,808) and the unrestricted reserves at £317,052 (2024 - £186,744) giving a total reserve of £326,825 (2024 - £211,552) a total increase of £115,273 compared to the previous year.

The Board recognizes that it needs to manage current levels of reserves of unrestricted funds, including the need to continually review the designated funds, their purposes and the amounts in each. This is done in the context of the main risk the charitable company is exposed to which include the current financial climate and the continuous pressure placed on health and social care budgets.

The trustees aim to hold between 3 and 6 months budgeted expenditure in general funds to manage fluctuations in cash flow and against possible interruption or loss of funding streams. The trustees regularly review the investment policy.

Going Concern

The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.

Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the accounting policies in the financial statements.

The Future Period

We are committed in our quest to explore opportunities which ensure we can continue to deliver services that holistically support carers who play such an important role looking after others whilst making a valuable contribution to the health and social care sector and the local economy. Brent Carers Centre will also explore opportunities which may support the health and wellbeing of vulnerable people living in and beyond Brent. With shrinking budgets across the borough, tough decisions are being made, often to the detriment of carers and their dependents. Our role in supporting and amplifying the carers voice continues to be important, now more than ever before.

Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document

Brent Carers Centre is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 16th April 1997 and registered as a charitable on 5th December 1997. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association, which laid down the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. In the event of the company being wound up, each member is required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1.

Trustee Selection Methods

Appointment of Directors/Trustees

The directors of the Company are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law. At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in accordance with the articles of association, one third of the members of the Board of Directors/Trustees, including honorary officers, shall retire and are eligible for re-election at the same AGM if desired.

Director/Trustee Induction and Training

The Directors/Trustees are already familiar with the practical work of the charity. Prospective new Directors/Trustees receive a Trustees Information pack upon expressing an interest to join the Board. All new Directors/Trustees are inducted by the chair and the chief executive officer. New trustees are required to attend a minimum of three board meetings. Two familiarize themselves with the charity and the context within which it operates. All Directors/Trustees are offered opportunities to attend courses run by the carers’ Trust and other organizations.

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Brent Carers Centre Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

Organisation and management

Organisation

As indicated above, the charity is governed by a Board of Directors/Trustees, which is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the organization and for establishing policy. Matters including decisions and future development to further the charity’s objectives are discussed and decided at Board meetings upon the general consensus of agreement from the Board. Failing such consensus, then, the articles of association allow for a majority vote to decide a particular matter. The board of Directors/Trustees who acted during the year and up to the date of this report are as shown on page 1 of these financial statements.

Board meetings are held every 2-3 months.

There is also the Finance and General Purposes Committee which consist of the Chair, Treasurer and up to 3 Board Members, and meetings are held as required.

Day to day management is devolved to the Chief Executive Officer, who reports to each Board and Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting.

Risk Management

The charity has a risk management policy in place. The risks that may have an impact on the functions of the charity are continually monitored. The risk management strategy continues to address the major governance, operational, financial reputation, legal and regulatory risk which might impact upon the charity’s core purposes and key objectives. This beeps on the existing risk management in many aspects of the charity’s work in areas such as financial management, health and safety, fire and security and disaster planning arrangements to protect both places and people.

Our risk management policy and procedures have been updated to minimize the risk of contracting and spreading the Covid virus during the course of our work for the safety of both staff and our clients.

Trustee Remuneration & Related Party Transactions

No trustees received any remuneration during this financial year. No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity during the year.

Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities

The trustees (who are also the directors of Brent Carers Centre for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statement unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing the financial statements the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;
make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at anytime the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Statement of Disclosure of Information to Auditors

Each of the persons who are trustees at the time when this trustees' report is approved has confirmed that:

As far as the trustee is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware; and
they have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as trustees in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charitable company's auditors are aware of that information.

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Brent Carers Centre Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

Independent Auditors

The auditors, Green & Peter (UK) Ltd, have indicated their willingness to continue in office and a resolution concerning their re-appointment will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting.

Small Company Rules

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies' regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees' report was approved by the board of trustees and signed on its behalf by:

Ms Irene Lewis Trustee 19/01/2026

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Brent Carers Centre

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Brent Carers Centre (the "charity") for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account), Balance Sheet and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31 March 2025 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended;

have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and the provisions available for small entities, in the circumstances set out in note 18 to the financial statements, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions Relating to Going Concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other Information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on Other Matters Prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the Trustees' Report, which includes the Director's Report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Director's Report included within the Trustees' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

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Independent Auditor's Report (continued) to the Members of Brent Carers Centre

Matters on Which We Are Required to Report by Exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Director's Report included within the Trustees' Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records or returns; or certain disclosures of trustees' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or

the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemptions in preparing the Trustees' Report and from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report.

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the Trustees' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 2—9, the trustees (who are also directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

The charitable company is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting legislation. We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant:

The Companies Act 2006; Financial Reporting Standard 102; Charities Act 2011; UK employment legislation; UK health and safety legislation;

General Data Protection Regulations

We assessed the extent of compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items. We understood how the charitable company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by making enquiries to management and those responsible for legal and compliance procedures. The engagement partner assessed whether the engagement team had the appropriate competence and capabilities to identify or recognise noncompliance with laws and regulations.

The assessment did not identify any issues in this area.

We assessed the susceptibility of the charitable company's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:

Identifying and assessing the measures management has in place to prevent and detect fraud. Understanding how those charged with governance considered and addressed the potential for override of controls or other inappropriate influence over the financial reporting process. Challenging assumptions and judgements made by management in its significant accounting estimates, and Identifying and testing journal entries in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations.

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

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Independent Auditor's Report (continued) to the Members of Brent Carers Centre

Use Of Our Report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters that we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Robert Green (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Green & Peter (UK) Ltd, Statutory Auditor

19/01/2026

Green & Peter (UK) Ltd The Limes 1339 High Road London N20 9HR

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Brent Carers Centre Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

Unrestricted funds £ 7,329	Restricted funds £ 786,361	2025 Total funds £ 793,690	2024 Total funds £ 738,775
(2,610) (3,346) -	- - (672,461)	(2,610) (3,346) (672,461)	(2,460) (5,247) (593,946)
(5,957)	(672,460)	(678,417)	(601,653)
1,372 128,936	113,901 (128,936)	115,273 -	137,122 -
130,308 186,744	(15,035) 24,808	115,273 211,552	137,122 74,430
317,052	9,773	326,825	211,552

The notes on pages 16 to 24 form part of these financial statements.

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Brent Carers Centre Comparative Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

Unrestricted funds £ 1,654	Restricted funds £ 737,121	2024 Total funds £ 738,775
(2,460) (5,247) -	- - (593,946)	(2,460) (5,247) (593,946)
(7,707)	(593,946)	(601,653)
(6,053) 118,367	143,175 (118,367)	137,122 -
112,314 74,430	24,808 -	137,122 74,430
186,744	24,808	211,552

The notes on pages 16 to 24 form part of these financial statements.

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Brent Carers Centre Balance Sheet As At 31 March 2025

				2025	2024
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		funds	funds	funds	funds
	Notes	£	£	£	£
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets	10	2,413	-	2,413	5,759
		2,413	-	2,413	5,759
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors	11	156,075	-	156,075	72,833
Cash at bank and in hand		194,006	9,773	203,779	220,061
		350,081	9,773	359,854	292,894
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year	12	(35,442)	-	(35,442)	(87,101)
NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)		314,639	9,773	324,412	205,793
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES		317,052	9,773	326,825	211,552
NET ASSETS		317,052	9,773	326,825	211,552
FUNDS OF THE CHARITY
Restricted Funds				9,773	24,808
Unrestricted Funds				317,052	186,744
TOTAL FUNDS	14			326,825	211,552

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

On behalf of the board

Ms Irene Lewis Trustee 19/01/2026

The notes on pages 16 to 24 form part of these financial statements.

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Brent Carers Centre Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

1. General Information

Brent Carers Centre is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in England & Wales, registered number 03354038 and registered charity number 1066691. The registered office is Willesden Medical Centre 144-150 High Road, Willesden, London, NW10 2PT.

2. Accounting Policies

2.1. Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)", Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.

The charitable company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The financial statements are prepared, on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention. The charity is entirely dependent on continuing contracts and grant aid and as a consequence the going concern basis is also dependent on continuing contracts and grant aid. The particular accounting policies adopted are set out below.

2.2. Financial Reporting Standard 102 - Reduced Disclosure Exemptions

The charitable company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows and Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17 (d).

2.3. Fund Accounting

Restricted and Unrestricted Funds

The accounts distinguish between restricted and unrestricted funds. Restricted funds are received from donors and are subject to restrictions on the purposes for which they may be used. Unrestricted funds are those where there are no externally imposed restrictions. They include those freely available to the charity for expenditure or appropriation to reserves for internally designated purposes. Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Management Committee for particular purposes.

2.4. Incoming Resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income, and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to specific categories of income:

Voluntary income is received by way of grants, donations and gifts and is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable. Grants, where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant. - Investment income is included when receivable.
Incoming resources from grants, where related to performance and specific deliverables, are accounted for as the chanty earns the right to consideration by its performance.

2.5. Resources Expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It Includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature to support them. Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the audit fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity. All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SOFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned on an appropriate basis e.g. floor areas, per capita or estimated usage.

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Brent Carers Centre Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

2.6. Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation

Fixed assets costing less than £1000 are written off in the year of acquisition and items costing in excess are capitalised.

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost of fixed assets less their estimated residual value over their expected useful lives on the following bases:

Leasehold 10% Straight line basis Fixtures & Fittings 33% Straight line basis Computer Equipment 25% Straight line basis

2.7. Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

2.8. Financial Instruments

The Charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, the specific policies are noted below.

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

2.9. Taxation

Subject to agreement with the Inspector of Taxes, the company is exempt from the payment of any Taxes to the extent it is a registered charity and not liable for Income Tax or Corporation Tax on income derived from its charitable activities. The company does not have a liability to register for VAT.

2.10. Pensions

The Charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and contributions to employee pension schemes are in line with government legislation and charged to the profit and loss as paid.

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Brent Carers Centre Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

3. Income from Donations and Legacies

. Income from Donations and Legacies
Grants Grants	Unrestricted funds £ 7,329	Restricted funds £ 786,361	2025 Total funds £ 793,690
	Unrestricted funds £ 1,654	Restricted funds £ 737,121	2024 Total funds £ 738,775

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Brent Carers Centre Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

The following grants are included within the total income from donations and legacies above:

Unrestricted funds £ - - 7,329 - - - - - - - -	Restricted funds £ 66,985 - 262,534 22,021 244,682 - - 21,827 82,312 46,000 40,000	2025 Total funds £ 66,985 - 269,863 22,021 244,682 - - 21,827 82,312 46,000 40,000
7,329	786,361	793,690
Unrestricted funds £ - - 1,654 - - - - - - - -	Restricted funds £ 100,478 15,515 153,064 29,516 250,000 14,859 24,350 14,065 82,941 49,000 3,333	2024 Total funds £ 100,478 15,515 154,718 29,516 250,000 14,859 24,350 14,065 82,941 49,000 3,333
1,654	737,121	738,775
	2025 £ 3,346	2024 £ 5,247

Net Income/(Expenditure)

The net income is stated after charging/(crediting):

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Brent Carers Centre Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

5. Analysis of Expenditure

. Analysis of Expenditure
Accountancy and Audit Fees Depreciation Project Expenses Accountancy and Audit Fees Depreciation Project Expenses	Activities undertaken directly £ - - 491,810	Grant funding of activities £ - - 1,737	Support costs (see note 6) £ 2,610 3,346 178,914	2025 Total £ 2,610 3,346 672,461
	491,810	1,737	184,870	678,417
		Activities undertaken directly £ - - 446,543	Support costs (see note 6) £ 2,460 5,247 147,403	2024 Total £ 2,460 5,247 593,946
		446,543	155,110	601,653

6. Support Costs

. Support Costs
Employee costs Premises expenses General administration Depreciation Governance costs Employee costs Premises expenses General administration Depreciation Governance costs	Accountancy and Audit Fees £ - - - - 2,610	Depreciation £ - - - 3,346 -	Project Expenses £ 64,414 67,978 46,522 - -	2025 Total £ 64,414 67,978 46,522 3,346 2,610
	2,610	3,346	178,914	184,870
	Accountancy and Audit Fees £ - - - - 2,460	Depreciation £ - - - 5,247 -	Project Expenses £ 50,265 39,793 57,345 - -	2024 Total £ 50,265 39,793 57,345 5,247 2,460
	2,460	5,247	147,403	155,110

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Brent Carers Centre Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

7. Auditor's Remuneration

Remuneration received by the charitable company's auditors and their associates during the year was as follows:

	2025	2024
	£	£
Audit Services
Audit of the company's financial statements	2,610	2,460

8. Staff Costs

Staff costs were as follows:

	2025	2024
Salaries & Wages	396,407	336,714
Social Security costs	22,691	25,281
Pension and other staff costs	8,416	6,866
	2025	2024
	£	£
Wages and salaries	427,514	368,861

No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000.

9. Average Number of Employees

Average number of employees during the year was as follows:

Land & Property Leasehold £ 33,462	Fixtures & Fittings £ 27,377	2025 13 1 14 Computer Equipment £ 21,790	2024 10 1
			11
			Total £ 82,629
33,462	27,377	21,790	82,629
27,703 3,346	27,377 -	21,790 -	76,870 3,346
31,049	27,377	21,790	80,216
2,413	-	-	2,413
5,759	-	-	5,759

10. Tangible Assets

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Brent Carers Centre Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

11. Debtors

Due within one year Trade debtors Other debtors 2. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year Trade creditors Other creditors Accruals and deferred income	2025 £ 80,182 75,893 156,075 2025 £ 18,051 5,216 12,175 35,442	2024 £ 34,898 37,935
		72,833
		2024 £ 7,849 2,103 77,149
		87,101

12. Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year

13. Deferred Income

Deferred income movements in the year were as follows:

Balance at the start of the period Income deferred in the current period Amounts released in income from previous periods Balance at the end of the period	2025 £ 44,162 - (44,162)	2024 £ 41,065 44,162 (41,065)
	-	44,162

14. Movement in Funds

4. Movement in Funds
Unrestricted funds General: General unrestricted fund Restricted funds SMI Wellbeing Service Carers Hub Triangle Young People Project Health Educator Project Parkinsons Outreach ABC/TNLC Project City Bridge Project John Lyon Total restricted funds Total funds	As at 1 April 2024 £ 186,744 16,708 66 - 3,338 - 3,000 700 996	Income £ 7,329 66,984 262,535 22,021 244,682 21,827 82,312 46,000 40,000	Expenditure £ (5,957) (33,526) (221,987) (20,156) (244,132) (22,169) (52,839) (46,196) (31,455)	Transfers £ 128,936 (48,899) (40,614) (1,321) (3,670) 342 (26,870) (504) (7,400)	As at 31 March 2025 £ 317,052 1,267 - 544 218 - 5,603 - 2,141
	24,808	786,361	(672,460)	(128,936)	9,773

	211,552	793,690	(678,417)	-	326,825

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Brent Carers Centre Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

As at 1 April 2023 £ 74,430 - - - - - - - - - - -	Income £ 1,654 100,478 15,515 153,064 29,516 250,000 24,350 14,065 82,941 49,000 3,333 14,859	Expenditure £ (7,707) (41,770) (15,261) (141,011) (28,018) (236,620) (20,847) (13,722) (39,800) (41,206) (1,471) (14,220)	Transfers £ 118,367 (42,000) (254) (11,987) (1,498) (10,042) (3,503) (343) (40,141) (7,094) (866) (639)	As at 31 March 2024 £ 186,744 16,708 - 66 - 3,338 - - 3,000 700 996 -
-	737,121	(593,946)	(118,367)	24,808

74,430	738,775	(601,653)	-	211,552

Restricted Funds are for the following purposes:

SMI Wellbeing Service

The fund was used to provide respite activities and support to young carers.

Research Project

Undertake Community Research which will help Brent Health Matters improve understanding of how communities use community assets e.g. libraries, Brent Hubs and community grants to support their health and wellbeing.

Carers Hub

For the provision of a Carers Hub information, advice and support service across Brent.

Triangle Young People Project

The purpose of this grant is to provide funding towards the cost of a Project Manager and Volunteer Coordinator, digital equipment, volunteer expenses and respite care, to work with multiple organisations to coordinate volunteers and mutual aids to support carers and vulnerable people.

Health Educator Project

Brent Carers Centre is the lead for Health Educators Partnership Service (HEPS) which is delivered by working in partnership with Brent Mencap, Brent Young Thrive, PLIAS and SAAFI, together we work collaboratively to redress health inequalities which have been prioritised by Brent Health Matters.

Digital Inclusion

Digital inclusion service for people living with diabetes.

NCIL Carers Inclusion

Funding provided to assist the Brent Carers Centre in delivering the Carers Inclusions and Wellbeing Project.

Parkinsons Outreach

Aim is to provide an outreach service to people affected by Parkinson's from the south Asian communities.

ABC/TNCL Project

Support the Carers advice work with one full-time Advice Worker's salary and on-costs. Befriending Service and relaunch Carers Counselling service.

...CONTINUED

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Brent Carers Centre Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

14. Movement in Funds - continued

City Bridge Project

Support the Carers advice work with one full-time Advice Worker's salary and on-costs.

John Lyon

The Salary of a P/T Young Carers Service Manager and activity costs for Young Carers in Brent.

15. Transactions with Trustees

None of the trustees received any remuneration or any other benefits from an employment with the charity or a related entity during the current or previous year.

No trustee expenses have been incurred.

16. Related Party Disclosures

There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period that require disclosure.

17. Company limited by guarantee

The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.

Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1.

18. FRC's Ethical Standard - Provision Available for Small Entities

In common with other businesses of our size and nature we use our auditors to prepare and submit returns to the tax authorities and assist with the preparation of the financial statements.

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Brent Carers Centre Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 31 March 2025

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM: Donations and legacies Grants EXPENDITURE ON: Charitable Activities: Accountancy and Audit Fees Audit fees Depreciation Depreciation Project Expenses Staging fundraising events Wages and salaries Travel and subsistence expenses Recruitment costs Other direct costs Grants to individuals Wages and salaries Staff welfare Travel and subsistence expenses Rent Computer and IT consumables Insurance Printing, postage and stationery Promotional costs Telecommunications and data costs Subscriptions Professional subscriptions Bank charges Sundry expenses NET INCOME	2025 Total funds £ 793,690	2024 Total funds £ 738,775
	793,690	738,775
	793,690 (2,610)	738,775 (2,460)
	(2,610) (3,346)	(2,460) (5,247)
	(3,346) (17,049) (366,326) (750) (445) (107,240) (1,737) (61,188) (2,762) (464) (67,978) (10,573) (2,066) (3,653) - (16,318) (4,285) (6,362) (182) (3,083)	(5,247) (8,023) (320,267) - (674) (117,579) - (48,594) (596) (1,075) (39,793) (21,311) (1,542) (8,623) (980) (10,487) (3,704) (4,146) (171) (6,381)
	(672,461)	(593,946)
	(678,417)	(601,653)
	115,273	137,122

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