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The Metanoia Institute

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1050175LondonEducation and training
Income£7.5m2025-08-31
Spending£7.0msame year
Spent / received96%5-year average
Size in its cause98th pctEducation and training
Registered1995Charitable company
Employees214latest return

Analysis

The Metanoia Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02918520). It says it provides human resources, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Metanoia Institute reported income of £7.5m and spending of £7.0m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.4m to £7.5m (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Metanoia Institute 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 Newfriars College (£7.4m), Ruskin Mill Land Trust (£7.5m) and Ballard School Limited (£7.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.4m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 214 people.

Income and spending

£0£1.9m£3.7m£5.6m£7.5m2021 Income: £5,422,2742021 Spending: £4,867,64020212022 Income: £5,182,4462022 Spending: £5,522,66520222023 Income: £5,958,3342023 Spending: £5,716,93420232024 Income: £5,963,7372024 Spending: £5,834,23320242025 Income: £7,456,4192025 Spending: £6,968,1342025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Charitable activities 96%
  • Investments 1.9%
  • Other 2.3%

In the charity's own words

Metanoia Institute provides education and training in psychological therapies and allied professions e.g. coaching psychology.Metanoia Institute provides counselling to the wider community through its counselling and psychotherapy service staffed by students.Metanoia Institute undertakes research in the psychological therapies.

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CharityLocationIncome
Newfriars CollegeStoke-On-Trent£7.4m
Ruskin Mill Land TrustStroud£7.5m
Ballard School LimitedNew Milton£7.4m
St Catherine's School, TwickenhamTwickenham£7.5m