CARE UK Charity
Charity number: 1167299
Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 May 2025
CARE UK Charity
Charity number: 1167299
Trustees Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 May 2025
The Trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 May 2025.
Administrative and contact details
The registered office of CARE UK Charity is:
CARE UK Charity can be contacted by email:
The Annexe, Walton Lodge Hill Cliffe Road Walton Warrington WA4 6NU info@careukcharity.org.uk
Our website address is: www.careukcharity.org.uk/
The Trustees who have served during the period covered by this report and to date were:
Alison Collins Diane Hubbard Resigned 19 May 2025 Christopher Ross Helen Speed John Stott Mohammad Abdul Waheed
Structure and Governance
The charity was first established as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation under a constitution on 31 January 2016. Charitable status was recognised by the Charity Commission on 24 May 2016.
The constitution was amended on 21 September 2019 when the name of the charity was changed from “Charity and Recycling Enterprise UK” to “CARE UK Charity”.
The day-to-day administration of CARE UK Charity is carried out by a small management team led by our General Manager along with our highly committed team of staff and volunteers.
We are extremely grateful to our volunteers and supporters without whose generous donations of time and practical support we would be unable to achieve our objectives.
The Trustees acknowledge their duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and ensure that appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
Objectives and Activities
The objectives of CARE UK are:
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To prevent and relieve poverty and hardship and protect the vulnerable in such parts of the world as the Trustees shall determine by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations, working to prevent or relieve poverty.
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The relief of those in need suffering hardship across the world providing such persons with goods which they could not otherwise afford.
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Such charitable purposes for the public benefit as are exclusively charitable according to the Laws of England and Wales as the Trustees may from time to time determine.
Achievements and Performance
Mission
Our principal mission remains the same – to collect items that are no longer wanted whether they be clothes, furniture, household items etc and pass these on to people in need. Where items cannot be used in this way, we sell them in our shops in order to raise funds to purchase aid.
Retail activity
During the year we used our shops to raise funds for our work and to serve as donation stations. The year was another challenging one, as has been the case for many retailers on the High Street in the United Kingdom.
We have settled in well to both stores after moving from the Cockhedge centre. The Runcorn store is now well established with a loyal customer base. The Warrington store has expanded its floor space and reorganised the depot area.
Overseas aid.
When the charity started, we were able send containers of aid to organisations overseas supporting refugees. However, our ability to do this is no longer possible due to a combination of factors.
However, during the year, yet again, we were pleased to be able to collect donations of aid to be sent to Ukraine. Our practical donations were given to Steve Holland from The Children of Ukraine Project who travelled to Ukraine to deliver the much-needed aid to innocent children caught up in the war.
Homes Team
Our Homes Team continued to help and support those in need in our community who were referred to us by a range of partners including Warrington Borough Council, CAB, local social landlords and other charities. This formed a major part of our offering to the community. The number of referrals
continued to increase demonstrating the need that continues to grow. We were able to provide furniture, household goods, baby equipment and toys to help individuals and families who have been provided with accommodation but had little or no material possessions.
Our mission is to ensure that no one in our community goes without the essential items they need to live with dignity and comfort. By providing furniture, clothing, and household essentials, we aim to create lasting change where it matters most.
Our support extends to those facing bed poverty, the cost-of-living crisis, victims of domestic abuse, refugees and those with mental health struggles. Whether through our partnerships or community outreach, we work to build hope for a brighter tomorrow.
Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Asylum Seekers continue to be housed in local hotels and dispersed accommodation in local communities, and we provided practical support mainly the provision of clothing, hygiene products, baby equipment, toys and suitcases responding to requests from the agencies working with the refugees and asylum seekers.
Once people receive leave to remain and become refugees, we support them when they eventually move into their own accommodation by offering the support of our Homes Team to furnish their new homes.
Volunteers and employees
Our charity very much depends upon our amazing team of volunteers who continued to give generously of their time and energies, to further our work. They helped us to collect and sort donations and distribute this aid with the support of our committed and hard-working staff who faced and rose to many challenges during the year.
Although we continued to have a core body of volunteers to sort donations and work in the stores, maintaining sufficient volunteers requires ongoing attention and action.
We were sad at the end of May to say goodbye to Liz Wareing, our General Manager, after her nine years involvement with the charity. We wish her a long and happy retirement.
Dianne Hubbard resigned as a Trustee on 19 May 2025 and was appointed General Manager starting at the beginning of June 2025.
Our mission statement is: "providing essentials to improve the lives of others" and we continue to strive to use our resources to achieve our mission
Financial Review
The following statements set out the financial position of CARE UK Charity for the year ended 31 May 2025.
Our principal source of income for the year was profits from our two shops in Riverside Retail Park, Warrington and Runcorn Shopping City. Both shops performed well and our combined retail activities yielded a net profit for the year of £96,206.
Unfortunately, our donations and other charitable income were down on the previous year which was quite likely caused by the challenging economic climate as people have less disposable income to donate to support good causes. Also, the amounts paid to us by recycling companies for clothing that we could neither use nor sell continued to fall due to falling textile prices.
However, the requests to support those in need rose significantly during the year and we strove to make the best use of our resources to support as many individuals as we could.
The net result was that we finished the year with a surplus on our general fund of £6,740.
Our general reserves at the year end amounted to £117,912.
The Trustees have adopted a Reserves Policy to maintain reserves equal to approximately three months of the running costs of the organisation to ensure the charity can withstand any unforeseen financial challenges. This is currently deemed to be approximately £110,000. The Trustees want to ensure that any surplus funds in excess of this amount are put to good use in helping those in need.
The Trustees declare that they have approved this report and financial statements for the year to 31 May 2025.
Signed on behalf of the Charity’s Trustees
John A Stott Treasurer and Trustee 7 March 2026
CARE UK Charity Charity number: 1167299 Independent Examiners Report for the year ended 31 May 2025 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of CARE UK Charity for the year ended 31 May 2025. Responsibilities and basis of report The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The chariws trustees consider that an audit is not required forthis year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 {"the Charities Act") and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act). and to state whether particular matters have come to tny attention. My examination was carried out in accordance with general Direction5 given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning anysuch matters. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me any cause to believe that in any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a rnatter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. The Annexe, Walton Lodge Hill Cliffe Road Walton Warrington WA4 6NU Jonathan Rigby FCA Rigby Lennon & Co 26 March 2026
CARE UK Charity
Summary of Income and Expenditure for the year ended 31 May 2025
| Income Income from retail activity Charitable income Total income Expenditure Expenditure on retail activity Charitable expenditure Total expenditure Net surplus / (deficit) for the period Accumulated surplus brought forward Net reserves at 31 May 2025 |
Year ended 31 May 2025 Year ended 31 May 2024 Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds £ £ £ £ 410,152 59,555 - - 336,848 65,892 - - |
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| 469,707 - 402,740 - |
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| 313,946 149,021 - 4,048 299,535 173,323 - - |
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| 462,967 4,048 472,858 - |
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| 6,740 (4,048) (70,118) - |
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| 111,172 4,048 181,290 4,048 |
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| 117,912 - 111,172 4,048 |
CARE UK Charity
Profit and loss account for retail activity for year ended 31 May 2025
| Year ended | Year ended | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2025 | 31 May 2024 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Income | ||
| Shop sales | 410,152 |
336,848 |
| Total income | 410,152 |
336,848 |
| Expenses | ||
| Property expenses | 64,801 | 64,539 |
| Wages and pensions | 224,225 | 206,685 |
| Vehicle and transport costs | 7,376 | 8,401 |
| Finance charges | 4,469 | 3,442 |
| General expenses | 13,075 | 16,468 |
| Depreciation | - |
- |
| Total expenses | 313,946 |
299,535 |
| Net profit from retail activity | 96,206 |
37,313 |
CARE UK Charity
Detailed Income and Expenditure account for the year ended 31 May 2025
| Income Profit from retail activity Donations from individuals Donations from groups and organisations Legacies Gift Aid claimed Fundraising activities Recycling of goods Other income Bank interest Profit on disposal of fixed assets Total income Expenditure Overseas aid Donations to aid organisations overseas Support for refugees and families in UK Homes team costs Food Bank Flood relief Vehicle and transport expenses Premises costs Wages and pensions General expenses Depreciation (Note 1) Total expenditure Net surplus / (deficit) for the period Accumulated surplus brought forward Net reserves at 31 May 2025 |
Year ended 31 May 2025 Year ended 31 May 2024 Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds £ £ £ £ 96,206 29,179 6,168 - 10,793 112 10,840 243 2,015 205 - - - - - - - - - - 37,313 23,166 4,452 12,572 6,950 5,670 10,764 146 2,172 - - - - - - - - - |
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| 155,761 - 103,205 - |
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| 1,059 - 20,142 37,297 - - 6,035 - 77,486 4,102 2,900 - - - - - 4048 - - - - - 550 1,000 28,780 44,421 182 - 6,221 83,566 5,703 2,900 - - - - - - - - - - - |
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| 149,021 4,048 173,323 - |
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| 6,740 (4,048) (70,118) - |
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| 111,172 4,048 181,290 4,048 |
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| 117,912 - 111,172 4,048 |
CARE UK Charity
Balance sheet at 31 May 2025
| Balance at | Balance at | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2025 | 31 May 2024 | |
| £ | £ | |
| FIXED ASSETS | ||
| Motor vehicles (Note 1) | 725 | 3,625 |
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||
| Trade debtors | 2,076 | 1,127 |
| Prepayments | 5,735 | 4,266 |
| Other debtors | 10,125 | 2,486 |
| Bank current accounts | 11,911 | 16,462 |
| Bank deposit accounts | 138,434 | 130,764 |
| PayPal account | 390 | 2,518 |
| Cash in hand | 2,083 | 1912 |
| VAT repayable | 3,304 |
5,210 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 174,783 |
168,370 |
| CURRENT LIABILITIES | ||
| Accruals | 6,871 | 3,150 |
| Long term loan |
50,000 |
50,000 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 56,871 |
53,150 |
| TOTAL NET ASSETS AT 31 MAY 2025 | 117,912 |
115,220 |
| Represented by: | ||
| Unrestricted Funds | 117,172 | 111,172 |
| Restricted Funds | - |
4,048 |
| TOTAL NET RESERVES AT 31 MAY 2025 | 117,912 | 115,220 |
CARE UK Charity
Notes to the accounts for year ended 31 May 2025
1. Fixed Assets
| Fixed Assets | |
|---|---|
| Motor vehicles | |
| £ | |
| COST | |
| As at 1 June 2024 | 16,600 |
| Additions during the year | - |
| Disposals during the year | - |
| As at 31 May 2025 | 16,600 |
| DEPRECIATION | |
| As at 1 June 2024 | 12,975 |
| Charge for the year | 2,900 |
| Disposals during the year | - |
| As at 31 May 2025 | 15,875 |
| NET BOOK VALUE | |
| As at 1 June 2024 | 3,625 |
| As at 31 May 2025 | 725 |
Depreciation on motor vehicles is provided at an annual rate of 25% on a straight-line basis to write off the asset over its estimated useful life.
2. Trustee remuneration
During the year, no Trustee received any remuneration. No members of the Board of Trustees received reimbursement of travel or subsistence expenses during the year.
3. Related party transactions
During the year there were no related party transactions.