Active Partnerships

Analysis

Active Partnerships is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07800542). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Active Partnerships reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £865k to £3.5m (+304%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Active Partnerships sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alfanar (£3.5m), Changes Health & Wellbeing (£3.5m) and St Anthony of Padua Community Association (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £402k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.