Mind in Croydon Ltd

Analysis

Mind in Croydon Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03697578). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mind in Croydon Ltd reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.4m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.3m (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 21%. 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, Mind in Croydon Ltd sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ruth Strauss Foundation (£2.3m), Priscilla Bacon Hospice Charity (£2.3m) and Hurdale Charity Limited (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, investments 6.5%, donations and legacies 3.1% and trading 2.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £50k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £571k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 people.