# CARERS FIRST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1085430
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 7, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1085430


## Contact

- **Address:** Michael Gill Building, Tolgate Lane, Strood, Kent
- **Postcode:** ME2 4TG
- **Phone:** 03003031555
- **Email:** hello@carersfirst.org.uk
- **Website:** www.carersfirst.org.uk



## Activities

**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

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## 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

- Essex
- Hackney
- Haringey
- Lincolnshire
- Medway
- Waltham Forest



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £5289243 | £5114805 | £1867992 | 138 |
| March 31, 2024 | £4931362 | £5056341 | £1723347 | 142 |
| March 31, 2023 | £4694622 | £4873317 | £1793745 | 141 |
| March 31, 2022 | £4563735 | £4446618 | £2095708 | 146 |
| March 31, 2021 | £4285129 | £4132221 | £1934367 | 145 |



## Trustees

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