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DDRC HEALTHCARE

Registered charity 279652 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DDRC, DIVING DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE, DIVING DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE LIMITED

To promote the benefits of safer diving practices and of the wider applications of hyperbaric oxygen in general medicine through service delivery, awareness raising, training and research.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.6m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a group surplus of £358,720 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £2,631,389. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £500,425, meeting the stated policy target of a minimum £500,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity is adequately resourced to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: A minimum of £500,000 is retained as unrestricted free reserves (held: £500k)
“A minimum of £500,000 is retained as unrestricted free reserves, to meet any short-term shocks.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — DDRC Healthcare (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: DDRC Healthcare — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 31/10/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.6m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£321k
Reserves (reported)
£500k
Employees
50

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.6m£2.3m
31/03/2024£2.5m£2.2m
31/03/2023£2.4m£2.1m
31/03/2022£2.4m£2.0m
31/03/2021£1.8m£2.2m

Common questions

Is DDRC HEALTHCARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a group surplus of £358,720 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £2,631,389. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £500,425, meeting the stated policy target of a minimum £500,000. The trustees confirmed that the charity is adequately resourced to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of DDRC HEALTHCARE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ROSETREES1£120k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST1£70k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE1£63k
GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS1£63k
THE FRANCES AND AUGUSTUS NEWMAN FOUNDATION1£53k
DINWOODIE CHARITABLE COMPANY1£34k
OBSTETRICS ANAESTHETISTS ASSOCIATION1£20k
E C GRAHAM'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GREAT NORTH AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DDRC HEALTHCARE£2.6m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt
THE GREAT NORTH AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE FY2026£11.5m——above—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF AIR AMBULANCES (CHARITY) LTD FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS FY2025£28.6m——above—no doubt
THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS HEALTH CHARITY FY2025£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.