CDS UK (Clinic for Dissociative Studies)

Analysis

CDS UK (Clinic for Dissociative Studies) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, CDS UK (Clinic for Dissociative Studies) reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.1m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £2.3m (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, CDS UK (Clinic for Dissociative Studies) sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mercy Relief (£2.3m), Kaleidoscope Plus Group (£2.3m) and Ashoka UK (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.