Plants and Minds

Analysis

Plants and Minds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in February 1990, 36 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 company (Companies House number 02449757). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Plants and Minds reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £724k to £1.2m (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2026, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Plants and Minds sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adults Supporting Adults (Asa Lincs) (£1.2m), The North Northumberland Hospice (£1.2m) and The Welfare Association (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 6.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £44k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £360k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.

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.