Dartmoor Rescue Group

Analysis

Dartmoor Rescue Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in March 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dartmoor Rescue Group reported income of £17k and spending of £21k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £17k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 305%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dartmoor Rescue Group sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Smile of Arran Trust (£17k), United Kingdom Association for Medical Aid to Sri Lanka (£17k) and Bihar Medical Graduates Charitable Trust (£17k).