The Northam Care Trust

Analysis

The Northam Care Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bideford. It was registered in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04010653). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Northam Care Trust reported income of £6.5m and spending of £6.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.3m to £6.5m (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Northam Care 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Grange Centre for People with Disabilities (£6.5m), The Baptist Missionary Society (£6.5m) and St Catherine's - Speech and Language (£6.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £974k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 247 people.