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Ddrc Healthcare

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Ddrc Healthcare is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives.

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What are the key facts about Ddrc Healthcare?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£2,631,389
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£2,272,669
Registered charity number
279652
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Hyperbaric Medical Centre
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Ddrc Healthcare (number 279652) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Ddrc Healthcare do?

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.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Ddrc Healthcare

Answers Ddrc Healthcare gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Ddrc Healthcare's highest-paid staff paid?

Ddrc Healthcare's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee).

Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£110,001–£120,0001
£80,001–£90,0001

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Ddrc Healthcare's money come from?

Ddrc Healthcare reported £2.6m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £1.8m (69%), trading and fundraising events £534k (20%), investments £241k (9%).

  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£1.8m · 69%
  • Trading and fundraising events£534k · 20%
  • Investments£241k · 9%
  • Donations and legacies£22k · 1%
  • Other income£6,510 · 0%

Does Ddrc Healthcare receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for Ddrc Healthcare. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

Ddrc Healthcare reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Ddrc Healthcare as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Ddrc Healthcare's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
01480369 (Companies House)
Also known as
Ddrc
Previous names on the register
Diving Diseases Research Centre; Diving Diseases Research Centre Limited
Where it says it operates
Plymouth City

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Other Defined Groups; The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services; Sponsors Or Undertakes Research.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Ddrc Healthcare registered for?

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Why is there no Clarity Score for Ddrc Healthcare yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Ddrc Healthcare. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is Ddrc Healthcare a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Ddrc Healthcare as a registered charity (number 279652) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Ddrc Healthcare's charity number?
Ddrc Healthcare's charity number is 279652. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 279652?
Search 279652 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Ddrc Healthcare do?
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.
Does Ddrc Healthcare have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Ddrc Healthcare. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Ddrc Healthcare?
Ddrc Healthcare's website listed in our register data is http://www.ddrc.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Ddrc Healthcare's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Ddrc Healthcare's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Ddrc Healthcare's money come from?
Ddrc Healthcare reported £2.6m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £1.8m (69%), trading and fundraising events £534k (20%), investments £241k (9%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Ddrc Healthcare?
The register records Ddrc Healthcare as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Ddrc Healthcare's trustees paid?
Ddrc Healthcare's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Ddrc Healthcare previously called?
The register lists these previous names for Ddrc Healthcare: Diving Diseases Research Centre; Diving Diseases Research Centre Limited.
When was Ddrc Healthcare registered as a charity?
Ddrc Healthcare was entered on the register on 14 March 1980. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01480369).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.