Torbay Medical Research Fund
Analysis
Torbay Medical Research Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in January 1971, 55 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 sponsors or undertakes research.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Torbay Medical Research Fund reported income of £51k and spending of £475k, spending 932% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £57k to £51k (-10%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 721% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Torbay Medical Research Fund sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lauren Page Trust (£51k), Greenhithe Community Association (£51k) and The Errol McKellar Foundation (£51k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The preservation and protection of health and the relief of sickness by the furtherance of medical, dental, health and care research projects directed to that end by members of the medical, dental, health and care professions practicing under the auspices of the Torbay and South Devon medical, dental, health and care community, and the publication of the results of all such research.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Lauren Page Trust | Devon | £51k |
| Greenhithe Community Association | Kent | £51k |
| The Errol McKellar Foundation | Dunmow | £51k |
| Revival Fire International Ministries | Harrow | £51k |