Mental Health UK

Analysis

Mental Health UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2016, 10 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 March 2025, Mental Health UK reported income of £3.0m and spending of £4.9m, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £7.4m to £3.0m (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mental Health UK sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bernard Sunley Foundation (£3.0m), The Children's Grief Charity (£3.0m) and The Bromley by Bow Centre (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 83%, charitable activities 14% and investments 2.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £67k. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 22%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.5m. Reserves of £671k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.

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.