The Missing Kind

Analysis

The Missing Kind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in March 2014, 12 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 company (Companies House number 08811281). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Missing Kind reported income of £19k and spending of £412k, spending 2134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £71k to £19k (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 272%. Over the whole period it spent 459% 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 Missing Kind sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stretton on Dunsmore Charities (£19k), The John Ashlin Cutforth Charitable Trust (£19k) and Hilsea Lido Pool for the People Trust (£19k).

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.