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ACTION FOR HAPPINESS

Registered charity 1175160 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Action for Happiness is a charity which promotes mental health and wellbeing, through the provision of information, evidence-based resources, public events, educational services, training and community activities.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£426k
Latest spending
£551k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £125,009 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a drawdown of unrestricted funds. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of approximately £399,000 remain broadly in line with the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern purposes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £399k)
“It is the policy of the charitable company that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to at least six month’s expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Action for Happiness Trading Limited
“The charity is the parent of a wholly owned subsidiary, Action for Happiness Trading Limited.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action for Happiness (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£545k
Total spending
£532k
Reserves (reported)
£674k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~15.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% 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£426k£551k
31/12/2024£545k£532k
31/12/2023£475k£439k
31/12/2022£348k£467k
31/12/2021£931k£713k

Common questions

Is ACTION FOR HAPPINESS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £125,009 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a drawdown of unrestricted funds. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of approximately £399,000 remain broadly in line with the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern purposes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ACTION FOR HAPPINESS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ACTION FOR HAPPINESS as a grant recipient include Founders Pledge Ltd, DREAMCHASING, THE SEGELMAN TRUST, THE AIM FOUNDATION, Q CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Founders Pledge LtdFY2022£757k
Founders Pledge LtdFY2021£735k
DREAMCHASINGFY2024£150kGrant funding to institutions
THE SEGELMAN TRUSTFY2022£100kGrants to institutions
THE SEGELMAN TRUSTFY2024£50kunrestricted grant extension
THE AIM FOUNDATIONFY2022£25kNutrition and Wellbeing
Q CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
DREAMCHASINGFY2025£0Grant funding to institutions

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST2£10k
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST1£3.1m
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£820k
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST1£750k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION1£403k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£234k
TRUST FOR LONDON1£192k
Point North Community Foundation1£184k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES (UK).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACTION FOR HAPPINESS£426k——within—no doubt
ACTION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES (UK) FY2025£141k—0unclear—no doubt
SOCIAL ACTION FOR HEALTH FY2025£361k—0below—no doubt
TOGETHER FOR MENTAL WELLBEING FY2025£23.4m——above—no doubt
JEWISH ACTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH CIO FY2025£180k—0unclear—no doubt
PRO ACTION HERTFORDSHIRE FY2025£123k—0unclear—material uncertainty

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