Groundwater Relief

Analysis

Groundwater Relief is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Totnes. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Groundwater Relief reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.1m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £129k to £1.4m (+953%), an average of +80% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 493%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Groundwater Relief sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asist (£1.4m), Lennox Childrens Cancer Fund (£1.4m) and Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 6.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £254k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.