Bury Involvement Group in Mental Health

Analysis

Bury Involvement Group in Mental Health is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bury Involvement Group in Mental Health reported income of £501k and spending of £524k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £79k to £501k (+531%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 314%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bury Involvement Group in Mental Health sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Farthing Trust (£501k), Melanoma Focus (£502k) and Helix Arts Limited (£501k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £285k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.