BALANCE (SUPPORT) CIO

Registered charity 1190859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BALANCE (SUPPORT) CIC

The provision of support services to persons with learning difficulties and to other disadvantaged individuals and groups

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.1m

Latest spending

£3.9m

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £193,388 for the year ended March 2025, with total turnover increasing by 72% to £4,081,718. Unrestricted reserves stood at £611,629, which the trustees note is below their stated policy target of four months' running costs, though this represents an improvement from the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,000 - £80,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee received total remuneration above £60,000 excluding employer's national insurance and pension costs, in the £70,000 - £80,000 band.” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £612k; policy: four months running costs)

“They are aware that reserves currently fall short of this level”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Ross Brooke. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Emma Whitehead — Finance Director (source)
Dr. Marcin Remarczyk — Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

CQC provider record: Balance (Support) CIO — Registered, 3 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 13/12/2022. CQC record

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

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

Total income

£4.1m

Total spending

£3.9m

Reserves (reported)

£612k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Balance Domiciliary Care: Good (25/10/2022) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

dr Marcin Remarczykchair
Dr Anjali Subburaj
Julie Harrison
Klaus paesler
Neil Terence Mauger
Paul David Henson
Sarath WEERASINGHE
lila powell

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.1m	£3.9m
31/03/2024	£2.4m	£2.4m
31/03/2023	£2.5m	£2.4m
31/03/2022	£2.9m	£2.9m
31/03/2021	£1.9m	£1.7m

Common questions

Is BALANCE (SUPPORT) CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £193,388 for the year ended March 2025, with total turnover increasing by 72% to £4,081,718. Unrestricted reserves stood at £611,629, which the trustees note is below their stated policy target of four months' running costs, though this represents an improvement from the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Ross Brooke.

What does the highest-paid employee of BALANCE (SUPPORT) CIO earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,000 - £80,000 band.

Who funds BALANCE (SUPPORT) CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BALANCE (SUPPORT) CIO as a grant recipient include THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION	FY2024	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/08/2024	£16k	Volunteer Development Programme

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PETS AT HOME FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AIDANS SOUTHCOATES	1	£7k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	1	£5k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT FOR LEARNING CIO.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT FOR LEARNING CIO income £1.2m
THE RAMP income £678k
CIRCLES NETWORK income £3.0m
Forum CIO income £2.1m
IN CONTROL PARTNERSHIPS income £434k
MOVEMENT TO WORK income £868k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BALANCE (SUPPORT) CIO	£4.1m	£70,000 - £80,000	—	below	—	no doubt
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT FOR LEARNING CIO FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RAMP FY2024	£678k	Under £60,000	0	within	—	no doubt
CIRCLES NETWORK FY2025	£3.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
Forum CIO FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
IN CONTROL PARTNERSHIPS FY2025	£434k	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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