Citizens Advice Service East Devon

Analysis

Citizens Advice Service East Devon is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in August 2006, 20 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 05820956). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Service East Devon reported income of £175k and spending of £322k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £388k to £175k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citizens Advice Service East Devon sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God - (RCCG) Dominion Parish Hounslow (£175k), Cymer Afan Community Library (£175k) and The Worshipful Company of Cutlers General Charitable Fund (£175k).