MAUDSLEY CHARITY

Registered charity 1175877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support patients and families, clinical care teams and scientists who are working towards the common goal of improving mental health. We are the hospital charity for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM). We fundraise and support projects across SLaM, King's College London, our local community and nationally. We back better care, recovery and prevention of mental illness.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£6.4m
Latest spending
£10.1m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets decreased by £2.9m to £162.6m, driven by a reduction in investment gains and significant grant expenditure. The charity maintains a strong liquidity position with £112.6m in liquid assets, significantly exceeding its reserves policy target of £8.1m required to fund 12 months of forecast outflows.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 8.9% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The Charity’s cost of raising funds have decreased from £620k to £511k.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to related NHS Trust
“During the period ended 31 March 2025 the Charity paid £5.7m to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (2024: £7.3m) and received nil (2024: £nil), the Charity committed £2.6m in grants to the Trust (2024: £9m). At the period end the amount owed to the Trust was £3.9m (2024: £2.5m). No Trustees, who were also trustees of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, took part in approval of any grants.” — page 69
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Maudsley Charity Trading CIC
“The Charity has one subsidiary; Maudsley Charity Trading CIC’s results are consolidated in the group accounts. Maudsley Charity Trading CIC Company number 08122704 Maudsley Charity has a wholly owned trading subsidiary, Maudsley Charity Trading CIC, for the operation of its conferencing, catering and café trading at the ORTUS building, a charitable property owned by the Charity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Maudsley Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

28 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (26 freehold); recorded price paid £525k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£6.4m
Total spending
£10.1m
Cost of raising funds
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£37k
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (45% 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: 21.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.4m£10.1m
31/03/2024£9.6m£16.9m
31/03/2023£8.3m£16.0m
31/03/2022£9.7m£21.1m
31/03/2021£4.5m£7.5m

Common questions

Is MAUDSLEY CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets decreased by £2.9m to £162.6m, driven by a reduction in investment gains and significant grant expenditure. The charity maintains a strong liquidity position with £112.6m in liquid assets, significantly exceeding its reserves policy target of £8.1m required to fund 12 months of forecast outflows. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds MAUDSLEY CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAUDSLEY CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE PRUDENCE TRUST, ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES, THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3.0mThe prevention or relief of poverty
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£250kSpeech, Language and Communication Alliance
THE PRUDENCE TRUSTFY2023£250kEye Tracking Suite at Pears Maudsley Centre
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2023£151kGrants awarded 2023
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£100kCore funding renewal
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£100kadditional funding for the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2021£33kGrants to members
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kGrants made to organisations
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2022£5kGrant
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£5kGrant funding of activities

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 THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MAUDSLEY CHARITY£6.4m——above8.9%no doubt
THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION FY2025£6.7m——unclear22.4%no doubt
South East London Mind Limited FY2025£8.3m£80,001 - £90,000—within0.6%no doubt
KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2026£5.1m—7unclear46.5%no doubt
HEADS ON FY2025£586k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL MARSDEN CANCER CHARITY FY2025£34.0m£149,102—above27.0%no doubt

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