The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Analysis

The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02990385). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.5m (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southend on Sea Guild of Help and Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.5m), League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital (£1.5m) and Age Concern Durham County (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, trading 6.2% and investments 3.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.