IAH CHARITY COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1141758 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INDEPENDENCE AT HOME

IAH Charity Company Limited makes grants to people who are managing long-term illness and disability at home in the UK, and who are in financial need.The grants are one-off in nature, and help towards the cost of essential equipment, adaptations, and a wide range of other items which improve mobility, safety, quality of life and independence at home.

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Latest income
£465k
Latest spending
£779k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 March 2025 amounted to £1,237,877, significantly higher than the previous year due to a merger with Equipment for Independent Living. Total expenditure was £778,970, resulting in a net increase in total charity funds to £7,941,388. The Trustees consider the current level of reserves appropriate given the uncertainty of future income levels.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Alliotts LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDContinuing Health Service in Cheshire & Merseyside——

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£757k
Total spending
£678k
Cost of raising funds
£95k
Reserves (reported)
£227k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 12.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£465k£779k
31/03/2024£491k£753k
31/03/2023£423k£674k
31/03/2022£757k£678k
31/03/2021£617k£760k

Common questions

Is IAH CHARITY COMPANY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year ended 31 March 2025 amounted to £1,237,877, significantly higher than the previous year due to a merger with Equipment for Independent Living. Total expenditure was £778,970, resulting in a net increase in total charity funds to £7,941,388. The Trustees consider the current level of reserves appropriate given the uncertainty of future income levels. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Alliotts LLP.

Who funds IAH CHARITY COMPANY LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name IAH CHARITY COMPANY LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE HEADLEY TRUST, THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HISCOX FOUNDATION, SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2025£105kGrants for older people
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2025£100kTowards making small grants to disabled people for mobility equipment and adaptations.
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£75kRelief for the poor, handicapped and aged
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£72kRelief for the poor, handicapped and aged
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£72kSupport for former offenders
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£72k
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2024£50kTowards small grants to disabled people for mobility equipment and adaptations.
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2023£45kTowards the provision of equipment to disabled people to be distributed via Independence at Home's in-house grants scheme.
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2025£38k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£30k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2024£20k
THE PRESENT VALUE TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2022£20k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2022£11kOlder People & Housing Programme
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2023£10kMrs Smith Fund
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANYFY2023£10k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2024£10kMrs Smith Fund
THE CLARE MILNE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUSTFY2022£8k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2022£7k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUSTFY2022£6kThe Mrs Smith Fund
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£5kOther grants
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
SIR JOHN PRIESTMAN CHARITY TRUSTFY2021£5kCharitable Or anisations
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£5k
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANYFY2024£5k
GERALD PALMER ELING TRUST COMPANYFY2025£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2025£5k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kRegular and rolling grants
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
THE JAMES WEIR FOUNDATIONFY2021£3k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kGrant paid or payable
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2025£3kRegular and rolling grants
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITYFY2022£3kOlder People & Housing Programme
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2kfor work in Wiltshire
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2026£2k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2023£500Care of the Elderly and Physically/Mentally Handicapped
DUMBRECK CHARITYFY2025£500Care of the Elderly and Physically/Mentally Handicapped

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company18/09/2019£40kGrant to Independence at Home
The Mercers' Company18/09/2019£10kGrant to Independence at Home
The Mercers' Company02/05/2018£5kGrant to Independence at Home
The National Lottery Community Fund21/01/2015£10kModernisation of software for grant making