Independent Mental Health Network

Analysis

Independent Mental Health Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 2017, 9 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 provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Independent Mental Health Network reported income of £93k and spending of £97k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £343k to £93k (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Independent Mental Health Network sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alive and Kicking U.k. (£93k), Stafford North End Community Association (£93k) and Rosalie Ryrie Foundation Ltd (£93k).

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.