Good Thinking

Analysis

Good Thinking is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sherborne. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Good Thinking reported income of £354k and spending of £290k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £198k to £354k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 71%. 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, Good Thinking sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Public Health Collaboration (£354k), Benevolent Fund of the Incorporated Society of Musicians (£354k) and The Popli Khalatbari Charitable Foundation (£354k).