The Mentor Ring

Analysis

The Mentor Ring is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Caerdydd. It was registered in November 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 company (Companies House number 07472750). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Mentor Ring reported income of £78k and spending of £86k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £95k to £78k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Mentor Ring sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Baker Charitable Trust (£78k), Ic Philanthropy Foundation (£78k) and Sefton O.p.e.r.a. (£78k).