Registered charity · Liverpool
Imagine Independence
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...
- 6 trustees
- Income £12m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.imagineindependence.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Imagine Independence
- Registered
- 1992
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12m£12m
- 2024£12m£12m
- 2023£11m£11m
Earlier years
- 2022£11m£10m
- 2021£9.9m£9.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 89%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
2 grants · £77,825 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £77,825 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
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
- Christopher Poole Chair
- Katerina Panagaki since 2025
- Kathryn Roberts since 2026
- Michael Thomas Burns since 2021
- Richard Anthony Cassidy since 2022
- Wendy Karen Baylis-Wareing since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Christopher Poole Chair
- Katerina Panagaki since 2025
- Kathryn Roberts since 2026
- Michael Thomas Burns since 2021
- Richard Anthony Cassidy since 2022
- Wendy Karen Baylis-Wareing since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1010203
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 02699682 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01517092366 · imagine@imagineindependence.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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