Buckfastleigh Community Development Project (Trust)

Analysis

Buckfastleigh Community Development Project (Trust) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckfastleigh. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Buckfastleigh Community Development Project (Trust) reported income of £84k and spending of £93k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £55k to £84k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Buckfastleigh Community Development Project (Trust) sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Yass Charitable Trust (£84k), Samaritans of Bath and District (£84k) and Kanaama Interactive Community Support (£84k).