Imara CIO

Analysis

Imara CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Imara CIO reported income of £907k and spending of £964k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £717k to £907k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Imara CIO sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Renew Counselling (£907k), Welbodi Partnership (£908k) and R.i.s.e. (Refuge, Information, Support and Education) (£907k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, donations and legacies 6.8% and trading 3.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £143k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.