Metabolic Support

Analysis

Metabolic Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 04267454). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Metabolic Support reported income of £482k and spending of £406k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £489k to £482k (-1.4%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 112%. 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, Metabolic Support sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llanelli Mind (£482k), The Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (£483k) and The Conflict and Environment Observatory (£482k).