Dentaid Limited

Analysis

Dentaid Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in June 1999, 27 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 company (Companies House number 03660759). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dentaid Limited reported income of £3.1m and spending of £2.8m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £457k to £3.1m (+576%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dentaid Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Elmhurst Foundation (£3.1m), Hopscotch Women's Centre (£3.1m) and Cransley Hospice Trust (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, donations and legacies 23% and trading 4.2%. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 23%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.