Signpost

Analysis

Signpost is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Watford. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Signpost reported income of £256k and spending of £294k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £205k to £256k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Signpost sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Support (£256k), Bolton Horn of Africa Centre (£256k) and Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven (£256k).