The Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Trust

Analysis

The Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £67k, spending 370% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £18k (+5.9%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 264% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scunthorpe Gateway (£18k), National Funeral Help (£18k) and Keelman's Way School PTA (£18k).

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.