Tavistock Area Support Services

Analysis

Tavistock Area Support Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06779873). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tavistock Area Support Services reported income of £194k and spending of £212k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £204k to £194k (-4.8%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Tavistock Area Support Services sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Byrne Family Foundation (£194k), South Wilts Mencap (£194k) and Young Leaders Academy (£194k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.