Mq: Transforming Mental Health

Analysis

Mq: Transforming Mental Health is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2011, 15 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 company (Companies House number 07406055). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Mq: Transforming Mental Health reported income of £3.5m and spending of £3.2m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £3.5m (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mq: Transforming Mental Health sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Services for Independent Living (£3.5m), Spring Impact (£3.5m) and Juno Women's Aid (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71%, donations and legacies 24% and investments 5.6%. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 17%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.