## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 28/05/2024 Period start date To 31/03/2025 Period end date** **Charity name:** Carers Collective ## **Charity registration number:** 1208401 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The Association’s objects shall be exclusively
charitable and for the public benefit by:
•
Supporting unpaid and paid carers
through online resources, peer support,
and advocacy.
•
Providing training, advice, and
wellbeing services tailored to carers.
•
Raising awareness of carers’ needs
among the public, professionals, and
policy-makers.
•
Collaborating with individuals, groups,
and organisations to further charitable
purposes.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Coffee, Cake and Collaborate meetings for
unpaid carers.
Building Resilience & Wellbeing for Carers 6
Week Programme| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have had due
regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance
on public benefit and are satisfied that the
charity’s activities further its charitable
purposes and provide public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|During the reporting period, Carers
Collective has worked to improve the
wellbeing, resilience, and sense of
connection among unpaid carers. The
charity has provided practical support,
access to information, and opportunities for
peer connection, helping carers feel less
isolated and better equipped to manage the
demands of their caring roles.
Through its activities, Carers Collective has
contributed to improved emotional
wellbeing for beneficiaries and greater
awareness of the challenges faced by
unpaid carers. The charity’s work also
delivers wider benefits to society by
supporting carers to sustain their caring
roles, reducing pressure on statutory
services, and promoting a more informed
and compassionate community.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41| |---|---| |||| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Bank balance £450 and monies due in**
**£36**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No reserves held as yet – first year**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**None except as above**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**First year – minimal income**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed in accordance with the
charity’s constitution. New trustees are selected
by the existing trustees based on the skills,
experience, and commitment required to further
the charity’s purposes. There are no external
individuals or bodies entitled to appoint
trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Carers Collective| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1208401| |Charity’s principal address|Brunel House, 15th Floor, 2 Fitzalan Road, CARDIFF CF24 0EB| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||KaddyThomas|||| ||StaceyKeen||October 2025 –present|| ||Charlotte Bradbury||October 2025 –present|| ||Alison Redwood||November 2025 –present|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Kaddy Thomas ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||ALISON REDWOOD|| ||
TRUSTEE|| ||29/01/2026|| ||29/01/2026|| |**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---| |**CARERS COLLECTIVE**|**1208401**||| |**Receipts and payments accounts**|||**CC16a**| |28/05/2024
Period start date
**For the period**
**from**|31/03/2025
Period end date
**To**||| |**Section A Receipts and**|**payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**486**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**486**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**486**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**486**
**-**
**-**
**486**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**486**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**486**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**486**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**486**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |DONATIONS|**486**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**486**||||**-**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**||| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
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**purchases (see table)**|||||| |**,**|**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**||| ||**-**||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| ||||**-**||**-**| ||||||| ||**486**||
**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**|**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**486**||
**-**|**486**|**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 29/01/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
BANK
FUNDS IN TRANSIT
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**450**
**-**
**36**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**486**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**asset belongs**
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**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
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Print Name
ALISON REDWOOD|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||ALISON REDWOOD|24/01/2026| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 29/01/2026 2