South West Police Compassionate Fund

Analysis

South West Police Compassionate Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, South West Police Compassionate Fund reported income of £275k and spending of £295k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £375k to £275k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, South West Police Compassionate Fund sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fountain of Wisdom Ministries (£275k), Embiricos Family Charitable Trust (£276k) and Shropshire Peer Counselling and Advocacy Service (£274k).