The Sid Valley Memory Cafe

Analysis

The Sid Valley Memory Cafe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sid Valley Memory Cafe reported income of £177k and spending of £94k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £177k (+716%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 1378%. Over the whole period it spent 27% 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 Sid Valley Memory Cafe sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farsophone Association in Britain (£176k), Utulivu Womens Group (£177k) and North Surrey Community Counselling Partnership (£176k).