Mental Health Innovations

Analysis

Mental Health Innovations is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mental Health Innovations reported income of £8.7m and spending of £10.2m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £6.0m to £8.7m (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Mental Health Innovations sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Neighbourly Foundation (£8.6m), The a B Charitable Trust (£8.8m) and The Tudor Trust (£8.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78% and charitable activities 21%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.9%. It employed 99 people.

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.