Mhist (Mental Health Independent Support Team)

Analysis

Mhist (Mental Health Independent Support Team) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04128980). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mhist (Mental Health Independent Support Team) reported income of £638k and spending of £612k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £480k to £638k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mhist (Mental Health Independent Support Team) sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sidmouth Lifeboat (£638k), Pinches Trust (£639k) and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund (£638k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, trading 5.2% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £500. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 8.5%. Reserves of £69k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.