# CARERS FIRST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1085430
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04144820](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04144820)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1085430


## Contact

- **Address:** Michael Gill Building, Tolgate Lane, Strood, Kent
- **Postcode:** ME2 4TG
- **Phone:** 0300 303 1555
- **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.




## 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



## Geography

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





## Trustees

| Name | Role | 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 |




