Changes Health & Wellbeing

Analysis

Changes Health & Wellbeing is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07761177). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Changes Health & Wellbeing reported income of £3.5m and spending of £2.8m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £3.5m (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Changes Health & Wellbeing 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 Active Partnerships (£3.5m), As-Suffa Trust (£3.5m) and Alfanar (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82% and donations and legacies 17%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £606k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Reserves of £640k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 70 people.