Totnes Caring Ltd

Analysis

Totnes Caring Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in December 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05602581). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Totnes Caring Ltd reported income of £532k and spending of £638k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £501k to £532k (+6.3%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Totnes Caring Ltd sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Grain House Trust (£532k), The International Continence Society (£532k) and Healthprom (£532k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, donations and legacies 19%, trading 2.5% and investments 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £34k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £402k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.