MRS Independent Living

Analysis

MRS Independent Living is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 company (Companies House number 02086284). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, MRS Independent Living reported income of £478k and spending of £488k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £226k to £478k (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, MRS Independent Living sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Epping Forest Community Transport (£478k), Dose of Nature (£478k) and The Tuberous Sclerosis Association (£478k).