Torbay Hospital Radio

Analysis

Torbay Hospital Radio is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Torbay Hospital Radio reported income of £16k and spending of £19k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £13k to £16k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Hospital Radio sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Society for Investigative Dermatology (£16k), Taleem - Ul - Millat Trust UK (£16k) and The Sherbourne Fields School Association for Disabled Children (£16k).