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Devon Freemasons Teddies for Loving Care

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1190764ExeterHealth and saving lives
Income£12k2025-10-31
Spending£19ksame year
Spent / received123%5-year average
Size in its cause30th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2020Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Devon Freemasons Teddies for Loving Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in August 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Devon Freemasons Teddies for Loving Care reported income of £12k and spending of £19k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £3,227 to £12k (+273%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Devon Freemasons Teddies for Loving Care sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The G E Birtwistle Memorial Trust (£12k), Margaret Caroline Griffiths Charitable Trust (£12k) and Tenterden Mindfulness Group (£12k).

Income and spending

£0£5,474£11k£16k£22k2021 Income: £3,2272021 Spending: £8,84720212022 Income: £9,0232022 Spending: £12,98520222023 Income: £11,1512023 Spending: £14,19520232024 Income: £21,8962024 Spending: £15,65920242025 Income: £12,0462025 Spending: £18,7142025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

RAISING FUNDS BY CHARITABLE EVENTS AND DONATIONS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TEDDY BEARS TO HOSPITAL ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY UNITS, CHILDRENS WARDS & OTHER SPECIALIST CARE UNITS IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON, FOR CHILDREN IN DISTRESS TO HELP RELIEVE SUFFERING AND REDUCE STRESS & FEAR LEVELS.

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The G E Birtwistle Memorial TrustLondon£12k
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