Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

IN CONTROL PARTNERSHIPS

To provide support to people who, by reason of disability, age, ill health or some similar cause, have need of additional support.To enable people who need additional support to lead an ordinary life.To advance the education of the public in relation to the needs of people who need additional support

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/24		£521	£515	£6	£0	£396	£338	7.9	7	0
31/03/23		£553	£546	£8	£0	£390	£385	8.5	7	0
31/03/22		£623	£604	£19	£0	£382	£382	7.6	6	0
31/03/21		£433	£457	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?		£460	£373	£88	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£488	£485	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	*	£613	£703	£-90	£0	£388	£388	6.6	7	0
31/03/16		£1,008	£1,136	£-128	£0	£478	£478	5.1	7	0
31/03/15		£1,411	£1,467	£-55	£24	£606	£597	4.9	7	0
31/03/14		£924	£1,050	£-126	£20	£661	£614	7	9	0
31/03/13		£1,408	£1,217	£191	£19	£787	£787	7.8	11	0
31/03/12		£1,559	£1,428	£131	£24	£596	£596	5	10	0
31/03/11		£1,773	£1,717	£57	£37	£465	£133	0.9	11	0
31/03/10		£2,264	£2,197	£67	£46	£409	£409	2.2	16	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 20%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 53%
Liabilities/Income: 84%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 7.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 1.8

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 15 years

www.in-control.org.uk

admin@in-control.org.uk

01214745900

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Other welfare services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£210,000
Nesta	£30,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£20,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Towards a Gloriously Ordinary Life: Making Our Voices Heard
£200,000	31/08/2023	Funding will be used to give people who use social care more of a voice in the services available to them. This includes developing partnerships with local authorities and policy makers through online workshops and steering groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - An Equal Life
£10,000	22/04/2022	The funding will be used to deliver six on-line development sessions a full day training event for 50 people and develop online resources and links for those using health and social care services. The project aims to assist those struggling to ....more The funding will be used to deliver six on-line development sessions a full day training event for 50 people and develop online resources and links for those using health and social care services. The project aims to assist those struggling to access or maintain the support they need and support them to exercise control over their own lives.
Nesta - AC01143
£15,000	03/06/2020 1	COVID19 Emergency Fund programme grant to In Control Partnerships Grant Ref AC01143
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to In Control Partnerships
£20,000	05/05/2020 6	towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Nesta - AC00995
£15,000	08/01/2020 0	health - new programmes programme grant to In Control Partnerships Grant Ref AC00995
Power to Change - In-Control
£15,000	24/09/2019 12	Grant to In-Control
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to In Control Partnerships
£120,000	18/06/2019 36	Towards core costs to develop and achieve sustainability of the developed National Network for people who need support due to age, ill health or disability
Nesta - AC00772
£5,000	05/06/2018 0	Health Lab Core programme grant to In Control Partnerships Grant Ref AC00772
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to In Control Partnerships
£20,000	23/11/2016 12	Towards the cost of refocusing the existing grant to enable the work to be beneficial to greater numbers of people over a far wider geographical area.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to In Control Partnerships
£112,800	21/01/2015 36	Towards the cost of work to improve the uptake of Direct Payments among disadvantaged groups in England.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to In Control
£36,100	17/08/2012	the salary costs of the Family Leadership Course Leader, Office Manager and Member & Project support Officer including venue hire and admin & marketing costs

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-72

DAVID ASHLEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Insurance

GILLIAN CROSBY Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Director

HELEN LEONARD DR Appointed: 2021

JOANNA MARY FERGUSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Strategy & Transition (Interim)

LOREDANA MARIA GUETG WYATT Appointed: 2017

PAUL ANTHONY DAVIES (Chair) Appointed: 2008, Occupation: Senior Local Govt Manager

SOPHIA ERSKINE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: N/A

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/07/2009, number: 1130761
Registered at Companies House on 09/10/2007, number: 06393960

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR17: 112 days late,

Main office

Sayer Vincent Llp
110 Golden Lane
LONDON
EC1Y 0TG

Objectives

A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN NEED OF BY REASON OF DISABILITY, AGE OR ILL-HEALTH BYTHE SUPPORT AND FACILITATION TO THOSE PERSONS AND THEIR CARERS TO ACCESS HOUSING,EDUCATION, HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES CARE AND WORK, WHICH ARE APPROPRIATE TO THEIRNEEDS AND ACCESS INFORMATION ABOUT WELFARE BENEFITS AND TAXATION.B) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF DISABLED PEOPLE, OLDERPEOPLE AND PEOPLE IN ILL-HEALTH IN SUCH WAYS THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY,AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.C) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY SEEKING TOELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION RELATED TO DISABILITY, AGE OR ILL-HEALTH; BY ADVANCINGEDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN RELATION TO EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; AND BYCONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES ANDPUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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