Torbay and South Devon NHS Charitable Fund

Analysis

Torbay and South Devon NHS Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torquay. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Torbay and South Devon NHS Charitable Fund reported income of £433k and spending of £488k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £433k (-68%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Torbay and South Devon NHS Charitable Fund sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sussex Cancer Fund (£433k), The Institute for Cancer Vaccines and Immunotherapy (£433k) and The Prompt Maternity Foundation (£433k).