Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest Ltd

Analysis

Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01589150). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest Ltd reported income of £4.4m and spending of £4.4m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.8m to £4.4m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest Ltd sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bederech Kovod (£4.4m), The Michael Kirk and Noreen Blyth-Whitelock Charitable Foundation (£4.4m) and Velindre University NHS Trust Charity (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 5.4%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £526k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 75 people.