Friends of the Dawlish Hospital

Analysis

Friends of the Dawlish Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dawlish. It was registered in March 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of the Dawlish Hospital reported income of £16k and spending of £30k, spending 187% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £16k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 207% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of the Dawlish Hospital sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sapho Care (£16k), Dr Ellerton's Charity (£16k) and Donmentia (£16k).

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.