Resuscitation Council (UK)

Analysis

Resuscitation Council (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Resuscitation Council (UK) reported income of £4.6m and spending of £4.8m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £4.6m (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Resuscitation Council (UK) sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westbank Community Health and Care (£4.6m), Open Road Visions (£4.6m) and Worcestershire YMCA Limited (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 95%, investments 3.5% and charitable activities 1.6%. Charitable activities took 30% of spending and raising funds 69%. Grants to other organisations totalled £141k. Reserves of £6.8m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 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.