Mentoring Plus Bath and North East Somerset

Analysis

Mentoring Plus Bath and North East Somerset is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in December 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05589316). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mentoring Plus Bath and North East Somerset reported income of £770k and spending of £803k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £649k to £770k (+19%), an average of +4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mentoring Plus Bath and North East Somerset 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Suffolk Refugee Support (£769k), Ealing Foodbank (£770k) and Whitefield Charity SK Corporation (£769k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83% and donations and legacies 17%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £111k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.