Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 10
  • Future income +5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

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 multiple prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Established: 15 years

www.in-control.org.uk

admin@in-control.org.uk

01214745900

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£553£546£8£0£390£3858.570
31/03/22£623£604£19£0£382£3827.660
31/03/21£433£457£-24n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£460£373£88n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£307£399£-93n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£488£485£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£613£703£-90£0£388£3886.670
31/03/16£1,008£1,136£-128£0£478£4785.170
31/03/15£1,411£1,467£-55£24£606£5974.970
31/03/14£924£1,050£-126£20£661£614790
31/03/13£1,408£1,217£191£19£787£7877.8110
31/03/12£1,559£1,428£131£24£596£5965100
31/03/11£1,773£1,717£57£37£465£1330.9110
31/03/10£2,264£2,197£67£46£409£4092.2160

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 19%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 63%
Liabilities/Income: 122%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 8.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 1.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
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 works here?
  • 7 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant 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
Esmee Fairbairn£140,000
Nesta£30,000
Power to Change£15,000
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 ....more
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. ....more
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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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-71
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
Invicta House
108-114 Golden Lane
London
EC1Y 0TL

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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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