Student Minds

Analysis

Student Minds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07493445). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Student Minds reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.5m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £3.0m to £1.3m (-56%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 40%. 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, Student Minds sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wirral Youth Zone (£1.3m), Results Education (£1.3m) and Smart Criminal Justice Services (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 58% and charitable activities 41%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.4%. Reserves of £336k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.

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.