Sidmouth Victoria Hospital Comforts Fund

Analysis

Sidmouth Victoria Hospital Comforts Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sidmouth. It was registered in December 1964, 62 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 October 2025, Sidmouth Victoria Hospital Comforts Fund reported income of £895k and spending of £18k, leaving 98% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £208k to £895k (+330%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 1278%. Over the whole period it spent 13% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sidmouth Victoria Hospital Comforts Fund sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lets for Life (£893k), The Myalgic Encephalopathy Association Limited (£895k) and Interburns Limited (£893k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 2.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £872k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 952 months of spending at that rate.