Kettering Association for Mental Health

Analysis

Kettering Association for Mental Health is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, accommodation/housing and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03530898). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kettering Association for Mental Health reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.1m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.4m (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Kettering Association for Mental 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 Carers Trust Bucks and Milton Keynes (£1.4m), The Association of British Members of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (£1.4m) and Rotherham & District Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, investments 5.3% and donations and legacies 4.2%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £874k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.