Hertfordshire Mind

Analysis

Hertfordshire Mind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Watford. It was registered in December 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05532977). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hertfordshire Mind reported income of £6.1m and spending of £5.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.9m to £6.1m (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hertfordshire Mind sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Whiteley Homes Trust (£6.1m), International Learning Movement (Ilm) (£6.1m) and Mercy in Action (£6.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and trading 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,500. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £677k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 167 people.