Hospital Radio Plymouth

Analysis

Hospital Radio Plymouth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in April 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Hospital Radio Plymouth reported income of £18k and spending of £16k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £13k to £18k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 154%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hospital Radio Plymouth sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Market Harborough Trust Fund (£18k), Woodland Wellbeing Charitable Trust (£18k) and Nottingham Samaritans (£18k).