Pioneering Care Partnership

Analysis

Pioneering Care Partnership is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Aycliffe. It was registered in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03491237). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pioneering Care Partnership reported income of £4.6m and spending of £4.9m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.0m to £4.6m (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pioneering Care Partnership sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire (£4.6m), Sim International (UK) (£4.6m) and The Reader Organisation (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, trading 9.2% and investments 2.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £125k. Reserves of £5.0m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 136 people.