Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust

Analysis

Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03757410). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust reported income of £3.1m and spending of £3.6m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income grew from £1.7m to £3.1m (+86%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farnham Maltings Association Limited (£3.1m), Customs House Trust Limited (£3.1m) and Creative Youth Network (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 68%, donations and legacies 21% and charitable activities 11%. Charitable activities took 46% of spending and raising funds 54%. It employed 86 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.