SAYes Mentoring

Analysis

SAYes Mentoring is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St. Neots. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06693065). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, SAYes Mentoring reported income of £389k and spending of £441k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £81k to £389k (+380%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 161%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, SAYes Mentoring sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amblecote Community Church (£389k), Fountain of Chessed Limited (£390k) and Dad's House (£389k).