Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Friends in the United Kingdom

Analysis

Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Friends in the United Kingdom is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04922832). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Friends in the United Kingdom reported income of £277k and spending of £278k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £12k to £277k (+2301%), an average of +121% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 427%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Friends in the United Kingdom sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jeremiah's Journey (£277k), United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Service (£277k) and The Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa (£277k).