Imagine Independence

Registered charity 1010203 Registered since 1992

Operates: Throughout England

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

2.2y median 1y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

9.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 5Arts and leisure 1Construction 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£12.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.3 in 2021

309 from 245 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

We Change Lives (WCL) Similar size; both Housing
Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind Similar size; both Housing
Avalon Group (Social Care) Similar size; both Housing
The Cordwainers Educational and Training Charitable Trust Company Similar size; both Housing
The Leprosy Mission International Similar size; both Housing
Developing Health and Independence Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.imagineindependence.org.uk
Email	imagine@imagineindependence.org.uk
Phone	01517092366
Address	IMAGINE INDEPENDENCE, 25 HOPE STREET, LIVERPOOL, L1 9BQ

Finances

£11,967,885 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£9,876,810	£9,545,419
2022	£10,647,510	£10,410,278
2023	£11,294,714	£11,425,762
2024	£12,354,285	£12,429,104
2025	£11,967,885	£12,062,614

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityAccommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The objects for which the Company is established shall be:To promote the preservation and the safeguarding of mental health and to assist in relieving and rehabilitating persons suffering from mental disorder, or conditions of emotional or mental distress, requiring advice or treatment, primarily through the provision of services.The relief of people who are in need by any reason of any physical illness or disability, including but without limitation to learning disabilities and dementia.The relief of their families and carers.The area of Benefit shall be primarily that of England and Wales.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 MARCH 1992 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 JULY 2007 as amended on 16 Apr 2014 as amended on 21 May 2024

Trustees (6)

6trustees

56median age

0aged 70+

Christopher Pooleage band 55-59 Chair
Katerina Panagakiage band 40-44 since 2025
Kathryn Roberts since 2026
Michael Thomas Burnsage band 60-64 since 2021
Richard Anthony Cassidyage band 55-59 since 2022
Wendy Karen Baylis-Wareing since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

Imagine Independence · 02699682 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 24/03/1992

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

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