Ds43 Community Defibrillators

Analysis

Ds43 Community Defibrillators is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hartlepool. It was registered in September 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ds43 Community Defibrillators reported income of £29k and spending of £18k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £63k to £29k (-54%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ds43 Community Defibrillators sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nuzhat Zaki Charitable Educational and Welfare Trust (£29k), The Mindful Foundation (£29k) and The Caythorpe and Ancaster Medical Equipment Trust (£29k).