IN CONTROL PARTNERSHIPS

Registered charity 1130761 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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

Objects

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.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£434k
Latest spending
£456k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3,229 for the year, driven by an unrestricted deficit of £96,597 partially offset by a restricted surplus. Unrestricted reserves stood at £241,521, which the trustees confirm meets their policy requirement to hold sufficient funds to cover expenditure for up to nine months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 to 9 months (held: £242k)
“The Board of Trustees recognises that a level of unrestricted reserves sufficient to maintain the day-to-day operations of In Control for a period between 6 to 9 months is appropriate.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£521k
Total spending
£515k
Reserves (reported)
£396k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~9.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£434k£456k
31/03/2025£447k£451k
31/03/2024£521k£515k
31/03/2023£553k£546k
31/03/2022£623k£604k

Common questions

Is IN CONTROL PARTNERSHIPS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £3,229 for the year, driven by an unrestricted deficit of £96,597 partially offset by a restricted surplus. Unrestricted reserves stood at £241,521, which the trustees confirm meets their policy requirement to hold sufficient funds to cover expenditure for up to nine months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/08/2023£200kTowards a Gloriously Ordinary Life: Making Our Voices Heard
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2022£10kAn Equal Life

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IMAGINE ACT AND SUCCEED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
IN CONTROL PARTNERSHIPS£434k——above—no doubt
IMAGINE ACT AND SUCCEED FY2025£12.1m——above—no doubt
SKILLS FOR PEOPLE FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
DISABILITY SHEFFIELD CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING LIMITED FY2025£994k—0unclear—noted
DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE PARTNERSHIP TRUST FY2025£206kUnder £60,0000within—no doubt

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