Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Charity

Analysis

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Charity reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.6m, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £861k to £1.9m (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 317%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Charity sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jessie May Trust (£1.9m), British Journal of Anaesthesia (£1.9m) and Positive East (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74%, trading 15% and investments 9.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £505k. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 26%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.8m. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate.