National Ugly Mugs

Analysis

National Ugly Mugs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, National Ugly Mugs reported income of £431k and spending of £563k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £949k to £431k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, National Ugly Mugs sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Headway Bedford (£431k), Aesop Arts and Society Limited (£431k) and Hospice Hope (£430k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.