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The Virtual Doctors

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1129924BrightonHealth and saving lives
Income£319k2025-12-31
Spending£299ksame year
Spent / received85%5-year average
Size in its cause78th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2009Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Virtual Doctors is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06848059). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Virtual Doctors reported income of £319k and spending of £299k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £476k to £319k (-33%), an average of -9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Virtual Doctors sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saints Community Development Foundation Ltd (£319k), The Sanctuary of Healing Trust (£319k) and Home-Start Harwich (£319k).

Income and spending

£0£119k£238k£357k£476k2021 Income: £475,9672021 Spending: £207,01620212022 Income: £188,3692022 Spending: £192,38220222023 Income: £129,9602023 Spending: £173,50220232024 Income: £243,3952024 Spending: £285,68920242025 Income: £318,6782025 Spending: £299,1432025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Virtual Doctors run by the charity aims to provide doctor-supported diagnostic assistance to remote communities in Africa, using telemedicine.

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