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Carers First

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1085430
Status
Registered
Registered
March 7, 2001
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
Michael Gill Building
Tolgate Lane
Strood
Kent
ME2 4TG

Activities

Carers FIRST is a charity supporting people who look after a relative or friend who due to ill health, physical or mental illness, disability, frailty, or addiction cannot manage without their support. We provide information, advice, guidance, emotional support, training and activities, giving carers an opportunity to have a break from their caring role and help them to get the support they need.

Objects: 4.1 For the public benefit, to relieve the needs of carers and persons who are sick, infirm, disabled or who have social care needs in particular but not exclusively by:4.1.1 the provision of information, advice and support4.1.2 the provision of respite care

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Essex, Hackney, Haringey, Lincolnshire, Medway, Waltham Forest

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £5,289,243 £5,114,805 £1,867,992 138
March 31, 2024 £4,931,362 £5,056,341 £1,723,347 142
March 31, 2023 £4,694,622 £4,873,317 £1,793,745 141
March 31, 2022 £4,563,735 £4,446,618 £2,095,708 146
March 31, 2021 £4,285,129 £4,132,221 £1,934,367 145

Trustees

Name Appointed
Semantha Neal (Chair) July 1, 2023
Clive Bertram Sparrow June 16, 2023
Caroline Bernadette Elizabeth Withers Jan. 22, 2026
Christian Patrick Shepley Higham Nov. 18, 2025
Daniela Domenica Cecchini Oct. 25, 2024
Hannah Elizabeth Usher Jan. 5, 2026
Josephine Mary Taylor Dec. 24, 2025
Manir Hussain June 16, 2023
Peter Alan Jenkins April 6, 2020
Roberta Camilla Heys June 16, 2023
Sarah Joan Louise Pickersgill March 25, 2026
Vicki Jayne Wells Nov. 11, 2020