Colchester Surgical Research Foundation

Analysis

Colchester Surgical Research Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sudbury. It was registered in December 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Colchester Surgical Research Foundation reported income of £15k and spending of £8,254, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1,089 to £15k (+1266%), an average of +92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 1350%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Colchester Surgical Research Foundation sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rfa Beauty Foundation (£15k), Bury Lgbtqi Forum (£15k) and Helping East Lanka Progress (£15k).