Connection Support

Analysis

Connection Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03072719). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Connection Support reported income of £10.1m and spending of £9.9m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.9m to £10.1m (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Connection Support sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Broadening Choices for Older People (£10.0m), Birmingham Association for Mental Health (£10.2m) and Orbis Charitable Trust (£10.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and donations and legacies 8.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £78k. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 219 people.