Pramacare

Analysis

Pramacare is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in December 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02359751). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pramacare reported income of £3.6m and spending of £3.7m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.0m to £3.6m (-9.8%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pramacare sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sussex Community Foundation (£3.6m), Tameside and Glossop Hospice Limited (£3.6m) and Derby County Community Trust (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 60% and trading 40%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,160. Charitable activities took 69% of spending and raising funds 30%. Reserves of £571k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 150 people.