Begin Well

Analysis

Begin Well is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in June 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Begin Well reported income of £25k and spending of £20k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £592 to £25k (+4100%), an average of +155% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 465%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Begin Well sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One Impossible Thing (£25k), Jinendra Trust (£25k) and Multiple Abilities Club (£25k).