Embercombe

Analysis

Embercombe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05943952). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Embercombe reported income of £480k and spending of £456k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £246k to £480k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Embercombe sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% 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 Highground Projects Limited (£480k), H-Pan(Hope for the Poor and Needy) (£480k) and Niemann-Pick UK (£480k).