Northcott Devon Medical Foundation

Analysis

Northcott Devon Medical Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in February 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Northcott Devon Medical Foundation reported income of £147k and spending of £29k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £42k to £147k (+253%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 421%. Over the whole period it spent 38% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Northcott Devon Medical Foundation sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Axholme Community Swimming Pool Association (£147k), Forgotten Ummah (£147k) and Flaming Evangelical Ministries U.k. (£147k).