Tavistock Memory Cafe

Analysis

Tavistock Memory Cafe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Tavistock Memory Cafe reported income of £10k and spending of £13k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £6,283 to £10k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tavistock Memory Cafe sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saxby-All-Saints Village Hall (£10k), Catherine Featherstone (£10k) and Gargrave Poor's Lands (£10k).