Imo Charity

Analysis

Imo Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in October 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07282497). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Imo Charity reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.0m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £606k to £1.1m (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Imo Charity sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The End of Life Partnership Limited (£1.1m), Institute of Food Science and Technology (£1.1m) and Beccles Lido Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £552k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.