SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
SCIE improves the lives of people who use care services by sharing knowledge about what works. We are an independent charity working with social care and social work services across the UK. Our work helps to improve the knowledge and skills of those working in care services. People who use these services and their families also use our resources to make informed decisions about their care.
Latest income
£6.2m
Expenditure
£5.5m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £4.6m | £5.3m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £4.8m | £4.3m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £4.5m | £4.2m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £4.9m | £4.8m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £6.2m | £5.5m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £0 |
| Charitable activities | £6.0m |
| Trading | £0 |
| Investment income | £153k |
| Total income | £6.2m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £5.5m |
| Raising funds | £0 |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £29k |
| Total expenditure | £5.5m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £2.0m |
| Total funds | £5.1m |
| — restricted | £196k |
| — unrestricted | £4.9m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £5.1m |
| Cash | £5.1m |
People
| Employees | 61 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- Disability
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.