Devon Voluntary Action

Analysis

Devon Voluntary Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tiverton. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Devon Voluntary Action reported income of £55k and spending of £75k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £251k to £55k (-78%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 343%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Devon Voluntary Action sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ursuline Preparatory School Pfa (£55k), Wallace Wilson-Haffenden Memorial Fund (£55k) and Archdeacon Cambridge's School Parent Teacher Association (£55k).

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.