Richard Devitt Fund

Analysis

Richard Devitt Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Minehead. It was registered in July 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Richard Devitt Fund reported income of £19k and spending of £22k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £28k to £19k (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 274% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Richard Devitt Fund sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cor Deo (£19k), The Alamiyah Institute (£19k) and Seventh-Day Adventist Association Limited (£19k).

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.