Mental Health Research UK

Analysis

Mental Health Research UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mental Health Research UK reported income of £280k and spending of £230k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £331k to £280k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 139%. 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, Mental Health Research UK sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridge Cycling Campaign (£280k), International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (£280k) and A4u (£279k).