Attend

Analysis

Attend is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05713403). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Attend reported income of £772k and spending of £753k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £732k to £772k (+5.3%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Attend sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% 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 Springboard Opportunity Group (£771k), Age Well East Ltd (£772k) and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation (£771k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71% and trading 28%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 6.9%. It employed 6 people.