DDRC Healthcare

Analysis

DDRC Healthcare is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in March 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01480369). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, DDRC Healthcare reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.3m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.6m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, DDRC Healthcare sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Eveson Trust (£2.6m), The Swimming Teachers Association Limited (£2.6m) and Durham Students' Union (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69%, trading 20% and investments 9.2%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £500k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 50 people.