League of Friends of Paignton and District Hospital

Analysis

League of Friends of Paignton and District Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Paignton. 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 human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, League of Friends of Paignton and District Hospital reported income of £25k and spending of £46k, spending 182% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £25k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, League of Friends of Paignton and District Hospital sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Armonia (UK) Trust (£25k), The Jewish Blind in Israel Association (£25k) and New Covenant Apostolic Ministries Inc. (£25k).