Torridge, North, Mid and West Devon Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Torridge, North, Mid and West Devon Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03520698). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Torridge, North, Mid and West Devon Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £934k to £1.3m (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Torridge, North, Mid and West Devon Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Brothers of the First Order of the Society of St Francis (£1.3m), The Fern Partnership (£1.3m) and The National House Project (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £174k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.