Mast Cell Action

Analysis

Mast Cell Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mast Cell Action reported income of £132k and spending of £174k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20k to £132k (+557%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1338%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mast Cell Action sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination (£132k), Rochford Hundred Rugby Football Club (£132k) and Michael Crawford Childrens Charity (£132k).

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.