Devizes and District Opportunity Centre

Analysis

Devizes and District Opportunity Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in June 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 02718442). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Devizes and District Opportunity Centre reported income of £206k and spending of £177k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £136k to £206k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Devizes and District Opportunity Centre sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chedva Charitable Trust (£206k), Gemini Untwined (£206k) and Medics 4 Rare Diseases (£206k).