Mental health continues to command significant attention across both public and private sectors. The combined impact of pandemic-era isolation, evolving workplace dynamics, and increased awareness has cemented wellbeing as a strategic priority for individuals and organisations alike.

This overview spotlights ten leading UK mental health and wellbeing companies, each redefining how mental healthcare is delivered, accessed, and experienced.

UK Mental Health Sector: Key Insights

The UK hosts 5,898 active mental health companies, collectively securing £1.86bn in equity investment since 2011, averaging £1.79m per raise.

Investment activity peaked in 2021 at £448m across 155 transactions, followed by £284m in 2022. After a 2023 correction to £225m, funding rebounded to £266m in 2024, with £215m deployed in 2025.
Geographically, London dominates with 1,462 funded companies, trailed by the South East (825) and North West (610). However, innovative ventures are establishing presence across all UK regions.

Primary focus areas include psychiatry, psychotherapy and counselling (31.3%), application software (25.0%), residential care facilities (17.9%), and homecare services (16.9%), reflecting the convergence of digital and traditional care models.

Ten Leading UK Mental Health Companies

10. Togetherall
Capital Raised: £17.0m | Funding Rounds: 7 | Founded: 2018 | Base: London
This Camden-headquartered platform operates an anonymous online community connecting users with professional counsellors. The service includes wellbeing assessment tools and self-directed therapeutic courses, having completed seven funding rounds totalling £17.0m.

9. Healios
Capital Raised: £29.1m | Funding Rounds: 7 | Founded: 2013 | Base: London
Healios equips families caring for relatives with mental health conditions through technology solutions and training programmes, whilst providing direct patient support. Since 2013, the company has secured £29.1m across seven rounds, including a £49.6k InnovateUK grant for the Mental Health Clinical Delivery Platform initiative.

8. Peppy
Capital Raised: £46.4m | Funding Rounds: 4 | Founded: 2018 | Base: London
Peppy addresses traditionally underserved health areas through employer-sponsored specialist care covering fertility, menopause, early parenthood, and gender-specific emotional wellbeing. The 2018-founded healthtech company has raised £46.4m, establishing itself as a notable UK success story.

7. HealthHero
Capital Raised: £50.3m | Funding Rounds: 1 | Founded: 2019 | Base: London
HealthHero's digital healthcare platform delivers remote consultations, virtual triage, and clinical support, complemented by integrated mental health and wellbeing resources. Since launching in 2019, the company has evolved into Europe's largest telehealth providers, securing £50.3m from MARCOL and pursuing strategic acquisitions.

6. ieso
Capital Raised: £67.4m | Funding Rounds: 8 | Founded: 2015 | Base: Cambridge
Operating from Cambridge, ieso (previously PsychologyOnline) provides evidence-based online cognitive behavioural therapy for depression, anxiety, and associated conditions. Post-2015 rebrand, the company has attracted over £67m across eight funding rounds.

5. Unmind
Capital Raised: £102m | Funding Rounds: 9 | Founded: 2016 | Base: London
Unmind's enterprise platform enables organisations to measure, analyse, and enhance workforce wellbeing at scale. The application integrates self-service tools, customised content, and expert-developed training to support mental health, resilience, and performance across international teams. Total funding: £102m.

4. Beckley Psytech
Capital Raised: £107m | Funding Rounds: 4 | Founded: 2018 | Base: Oxford
This Oxford-based company advances psychedelic-assisted therapy research, specifically investigating 5-MeO-DMT as a treatment for depression and addiction. Developed in collaboration with the Beckley Foundation, the venture has secured £107m.

3. Meallmore
Capital Raised: £107m | Funding Rounds: 3 | Founded: 1987 | Base: Inverness
Meallmore manages 26 residential and nursing care facilities across Scotland, drawing on over 35 years' experience supporting elderly residents and individuals with complex needs including dementia and mental health conditions. The company has raised £107m in debt financing.

2. YuLife
Capital Raised: £164m | Funding Rounds: 4 | Founded: 2016 | Base: London
YuLife's digital insurance platform combines life cover with wellbeing features and rewards programmes. Through gamification of healthy behaviours, walking, meditation, cycling, the platform incentivises physical and mental health maintenance with branded rewards. Total capital raised: £164m since 2016.

1. COMPASS Pathways
Capital Raised: £237m | Funding Rounds: 7 | Founded: 2017 | Base: London
COMPASS Pathways leads research into psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression and related conditions. The London-based company has attracted over £237m through private and public markets since 2017.

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GS Verde Group delivers cohesive expertise across corporate finance, legal, tax, accountancy, and communications. Our multi-disciplinary approach provides comprehensive transaction support, enabling healthcare and wellbeing businesses to navigate complexity and achieve sustainable growth.

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Further reading: Explore the UK mental health sector in depth at: https://www.beauhurst.com/blog/top-mental-health-companies/