North Devon Homes

Analysis

North Devon Homes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnstaple. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03674687). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North Devon Homes reported income of £26.4m and spending of £26.3m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22.3m to £26.4m (+19%), an average of +4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, North Devon Homes sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vision Redbridge Culture and Leisure (£26.1m), The Gurkha Welfare Trust (£26.6m) and Al-Ayn Social Care Foundation (£26.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77% and trading 13%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £63.3m would cover about 29 months of spending at that rate. It employed 163 people.