ANXIETY UK

Registered charity 1113403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL PHOBICS SOCIETY

ANXIETY UK provides a range of services including therapy services, online, text and email support services, national information helpline, specialist phone in services, information services etc to individuals, families organisations carers etc affected by anxiety, stress anxiety disorders and anxiety based depression.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£294k
Latest spending
£311k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a financial loss of £17,508 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a decrease in revenue streams and increased overhead costs. Despite this deficit, total funds carried forward remained substantial at £1,448,587, with unrestricted funds at £1,352,070. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Anxiety UK (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£503k
Total spending
£659k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~26.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£294k£311k
31/12/2024£350k£464k
31/12/2023£503k£659k
31/12/2022£686k£575k
31/12/2021£760k£477k

Common questions

Is ANXIETY UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a financial loss of £17,508 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a decrease in revenue streams and increased overhead costs. Despite this deficit, total funds carried forward remained substantial at £1,448,587, with unrestricted funds at £1,352,070. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ANXIETY UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ANXIETY UK as a grant recipient include THE DANSON FOUNDATION, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DANSON FOUNDATIONFY2022£4k
THE DANSON FOUNDATIONFY2021£1k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£500The Advancement of Health or Saving of Lives

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2011£8kYoung People With Anxiety Project
The National Lottery Community Fund10/03/2010£152kAUK peer mentoring employment project
The National Lottery Community Fund03/06/2005£5kManchester Volunteer Project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RELIEFUK LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ANXIETY UK£294k—0unclear—no doubt
RELIEFUK LTD FY2025£254k—0unclear—no doubt
ANXIOUS MINDS FY2025£477k—0below—no doubt
ADHD UK FY2024£176k—0unclear—no doubt
ANAPHYLAXIS UK FY2024£634k——above—no doubt
UKH FOUNDATION FY2024£119k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.