Exeter Community Initiatives

Analysis

Exeter Community Initiatives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in September 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02844870). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Exeter Community Initiatives reported income of £747k and spending of £712k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £747k (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Exeter Community Initiatives sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice New Forest (£747k), Mitchell Memorial Youth Arts Centre Ltd (£747k) and Education for the Children Foundation (£747k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, donations and legacies 15%, trading 9.0% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £192k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.