Shropshire Mental Health Support

Analysis

Shropshire Mental Health Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in June 1991, 35 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 company (Companies House number 02594511). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shropshire Mental Health Support reported income of £747k and spending of £799k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £545k to £747k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shropshire Mental Health Support sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Vulcan Centre (£747k), Recoop (£747k) and Association of Pakistani Physicians and Surgeons of the United Kingdom Foundation (£747k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86%, investments 11% and trading 3.7%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £640k. Reserves of £309k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.