The Centre for Emotional Health

Analysis

The Centre for Emotional Health is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03323287). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Centre for Emotional Health reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £917k to £1.4m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Centre for Emotional Health sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (£1.4m), Berkshire Youth LTD (£1.4m) and Against Breast Cancer Limited (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83%, donations and legacies 16% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.3%. Reserves of £540k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.