Police Care UK

Analysis

Police Care UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08426630). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Police Care UK reported income of £862k and spending of £3.9m, spending 447% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £862k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 259% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Police Care UK sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre 70 (£861k), Hampshire Medical Fund (£862k) and Adfam National (£861k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 70%, investments 28% and trading 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £226k. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 22%. Reserves of £27.4m would cover about 85 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.