Medway Asthma Self Help Group (Mash)

Analysis

Medway Asthma Self Help Group (Mash) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gillingham. It was registered in November 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Medway Asthma Self Help Group (Mash) reported income of £22k and spending of £35k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from September 2022 to September 2025, income fell from £30k to £22k (-27%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Medway Asthma Self Help Group (Mash) sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dickinson Scholarship Fund Icw University of Manchester (£22k), Sutton-Under-Whitestoncliffe Village Institute (£22k) and Warriors of Praise Ministries Trust (£22k).

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.