North Devon Mental Health Service Users Forum

Analysis

North Devon Mental Health Service Users Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnstaple. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 trust. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, North Devon Mental Health Service Users Forum reported income of £134k and spending of £145k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £80k to £134k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, North Devon Mental Health Service Users Forum sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Solent Diabetes Association (£134k), Precious Sight Foundation (£134k) and Infant Club Foot Appeal Limited (£134k).