Eating Disorder Service (Plymouth)

Analysis

Eating Disorder Service (Plymouth) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in August 1996, 30 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 provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Eating Disorder Service (Plymouth) reported income of £435k and spending of £465k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £313k to £435k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 31%. 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, Eating Disorder Service (Plymouth) 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 Better Communities Bradford (£435k), Torah Chesed Refuah CIO (£435k) and The Ehlers-Danlos Support UK (£435k).