Basics Devon

Analysis

Basics Devon is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in March 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Basics Devon reported income of £63k and spending of £95k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £179k to £63k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Basics Devon sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Harrogate Hospital (£63k), Samye Foundation Wales (£63k) and Towcester Area Door to Door (£63k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.