Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 4

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 12

COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF DEVON

The promotion of any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community and the advancement of education and culture, the protection of health, the relief of poverty, distress and sickness in the administrative County of Devon (Devon, Torbay, Plymouth) and the South West Region of England.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£1,542	£1,536	£7	£0	£1,060	£601	4.7	28	0
31/03/22	£1,229	£1,001	£228	£0	£1,053	£525	6.3	22	0
31/03/21	£706	£647	£59	£1	£826	£362	6.7	19	0
31/03/20	£1,096	£1,283	£-188	£12	£767	£222	2.1	21	2
31/03/19	£884	£1,018	£-134	£25	£955	£256	3	22	25
31/03/18	£1,309	£836	£473	£5	£1,089	£338	4.8	21	0
31/03/17	£783	£806	£-23	£0	£616	£403	6	20	0
31/03/16	£1,378	£1,384	£-6	£0	£639	£338	2.9	21	0
31/03/15	£1,448	£1,457	£-8	£23	£645	£379	3.1	20	0
31/03/14	£1,660	£1,657	£2	£22	£653	£355	2.6	17	0
31/03/13	£590	£1,026	£-436	£30	£651	£326	3.8	16	0
31/03/12	£1,413	£1,130	£282	£28	£1,087	£105	1.1	19	0
31/03/11	£1,305	£1,317	£-12	£44	£804	£105	1	26	0
31/03/10	£990	£1,112	£-123	£50	£816	£107	1.2	20	0
31/03/09	£1,478	£1,046	£433	£54	£937	£117	1.3	19	0
31/03/08	£1,253	£1,229	£23	£53	£507	£112	1.1	22	0
31/03/07	£1,139	£1,102	£38	£76	£485	£89	1	22	0
31/03/06	£1,181	£1,125	£56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£941	£898	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£858	£791	£67	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 18%
Liabilities/Income: 15%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 57%
Reserves/Spending: 4.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 25 years

www.devoncommunities.org.uk

info@devoncommunities.org.uk

01392248919

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Devon, Somerset, Torbay,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

28 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£37,940	05/10/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,758	01/04/2019	This is a development of a new and unique partnership with Creativity Centre, Healthwatch Devon and other organisations who have a proven track record of working with people in later life. The ....more This is a development of a new and unique partnership with Creativity Centre, Healthwatch Devon and other organisations who have a proven track record of working with people in later life. The project will engage beneficiaries in the design and development scaling up some community groups throughout rural Devon and developing new groups who will be supported to be empowered to develop their own activities and therefore be self sustainable in the future.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,758	02/01/2019	This is a development of a new and unique partnership with Creativity Centre, Healthwatch Devon and other organisations who have a proven track record of working with people in later life. The ....more This is a development of a new and unique partnership with Creativity Centre, Healthwatch Devon and other organisations who have a proven track record of working with people in later life. The project will engage beneficiaries in the design and development scaling up some community groups throughout rural Devon and developing new groups who will be supported to be empowered to develop their own activities and therefore be self sustainable in the future.
National Lottery Community Fund - DEVON HIGHLIGHTS
£55,384	26/11/2018 24	DEVON HIGHLIGHTS

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 29-76

ARTHUR VICTOR EBDON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

CHARLOTTE GOUGH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant

DAVID OWEN ROGERS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

JENNIFER MANNING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Policy And Research Officer

MATTHEW DODD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Public Servant

REBECCA PARRY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Marketing And Communications

ZOE SEATON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Publishing

ALAN GEORGE QUICK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Newspaper Editor, Other trusteeship: COLDRIDGE VILLAGE HALL,

NICOLA GURR (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Company Director

RENEE SMITHENS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: OUTREACH,

IAN COWLING Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: BISHOPS NYMPTON PARISH HALL TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/02/1999, number: 1074047
Registered at Companies House on 12/01/1999, number: 03694095

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

1 Northleigh House
Thorverton Road
EXETER
EX2 8HF

Objectives

A) THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF DEVON AND THE SOUTH WEST REGION OF ENGLAND, WHERE APPROPRIATE.B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF DEVON AND THE SOUTH WEST REGION OF ENGLAND, WHERE APPROPRIATE.C) THE GIVING OF ASSISTANCE AND THE CO-ORDINATION OF ALL STATUTORY AND OTHER AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ANY OF THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN (A) AND (B) ABOVE BY BRINGING THE SAME TOGETHER AS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PROVISION OF AGENCY SERVICES FOR SUCH AUTHORITIES OR ORGANISATIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF DEVON AND THE SOUTH WEST REGION OF ENGLAND.

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