ICNARC helps critically ill patients by providing information/feedback about the quality of care to those who work in critical care.  It also makes information about the quality of care available to the public through the Annual Quality Report. 

It is an independent registered charity (charity number: 1039417). It does not make a profit – all income is spent on delivering a high quality service to the critical care community. Audits are funded by the hospitals it provides audit services to. Research is funded by grants.