IPARTNER INDIA

Registered charity 1114944 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q132471694 · also known as CONNECT FOR CHANGE

iPartner India is a new form of international philanthropy - a direct way for donors to find, support and get directly involved with inspiring projects in the UK and India.

Objects

TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF DISADVANTAGED AND MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES BY THE IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR HEALTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION SUCH OBJECTS TO BE ADVANCED THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES WORKING TO PROVIDE SUCH BENEFITS TO SUCH COMMUNITIES AND THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE USE OF THEIR CHARITABLE RESOURCES ('THE OBJECTS').

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £3,501 for the year, with total incoming resources of £658,409 against outgoing resources of £654,908. The trustees consider the available reserves of £320,023 to be adequate and in line with their policy of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by D Lee & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05819852

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — iPartner India (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Great Eastern CSR Foundation — “I am delighted with our partnership with iPartner India to implement project Rakshan in Rajasthan. The work in Tonk district is crucial espe…” (source page)
• GECSRF — “We were fully informed of every activity in the project and its progress. There was complete transparency – both in terms of activities unde…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SHARMA, Sumedha — director, appointed 01/10/2026on trustee list
• KUEHNE, Sarah Ann — director, appointed 12/09/2023on trustee list
• SHETTY, Tashi — director, appointed 12/09/2023on trustee list
• MATHAI, Sobha — director, appointed 04/11/2015on trustee list
• MANGALORE, Bina Rani — secretary, appointed 17/05/2006

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MS Sobha Mathaichair
• Sarah Ann Kuehne
• Sumedha Sharma
• Tashi Shetty

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: India

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LOVE INDIA.

• LOVE INDIA income £72k
• INDIA WELFARE SOCIETY income £8k
• THE PARTNERING INITIATIVE income £856k
• INTERNATIONAL HEALTH PARTNERS (UK) LIMITED income £19.4m
• PARTNER AID INTERNATIONAL (UK) income £33k
• INDIA DEVELOPMENT GROUP (UK) LIMITED income £69k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.