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Root & Branch Westmill

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1143294SwindonHealth and saving lives
Income£170k2025-03-31
Spending£156ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause70th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2011Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Root & Branch Westmill is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 07685042). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Root & Branch Westmill reported income of £170k and spending of £156k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £115k to £170k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Root & Branch Westmill sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Prostaid (£170k), Waltham Forest Black People's Mental Health Association (£170k) and Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team (£170k).

Income and spending

£0£43k£85k£128k£170k2021 Income: £114,6842021 Spending: £92,15620212022 Income: £133,3732022 Spending: £127,28020222023 Income: £125,8282023 Spending: £120,16420232024 Income: £122,1842024 Spending: £128,50520242025 Income: £170,3422025 Spending: £155,5372025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Root & Branch was an unincorporated charity (1088493) until Aug 2011. Located on an organic farm it provides opportunities for people with mental health disorders to engage in gardening, woodworking, crafts and other skills, to help them to recover confidence, meet new people, prepare for future employment and be able to engage more fully with the wider society.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
ProstaidWigston£170k
Waltham Forest Black People's Mental Health AssociationLondon£170k
Calder Valley Search and Rescue TeamHebden Bridge£170k
Windmills Opportunity PlaygroupBurgess Hill£170k