Invest in Me Research

Analysis

Invest in Me Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Invest in Me Research reported income of £121k and spending of £252k, spending 208% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £162k to £121k (-25%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Invest in Me Research sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spotland Community Association (£121k), The Woodlawns Centre (£121k) and The Oxford Kidney Unit Trust Fund Limited (£121k).

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.