The South West General Practice Trust

Analysis

The South West General Practice Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in June 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The South West General Practice Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £36k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £13k to £21k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 600%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The South West General Practice Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gowing Foundation (£21k), Northern Cleft Foundation (£21k) and The Muriel Eanes Charitable Trust (£21k).