Compass - Services to Improve Health and Wellbeing

Analysis

Compass - Services to Improve Health and Wellbeing is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in November 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02054594). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Compass - Services to Improve Health and Wellbeing reported income of £21.3m and spending of £20.6m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.9m to £21.3m (+210%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Compass - Services to Improve Health and Wellbeing 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 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thames Hospice (£21.2m), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (£21.6m) and Teenage Cancer Trust (£21.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.0m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 425 people.