Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 1
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

NORTH DEVON HOMES 

Provision and management of housing and social housing. Providing assistance to help house people and associated facilities and amenities or services for poor people; or for the relief of aged, disabled (whether physically or mentally) or chronically sick people.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £63,829,399 available, equivalent to 32 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • There is a pension deficit of £1,674,205

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£24,316£24,013£303£0£63,829£63,82931.91420
31/03/22£21,527£20,786£741£0£60,882£60,88235.11320
31/03/21£22,282£20,616£1,666£0£58,427£58,427341270
31/03/20£23,344£22,312£1,032£0£58,272£58,27231.31230
31/03/19£18,835£17,829£1,006£0£55,644£55,64437.51150
31/03/18£17,362£17,070£293£0£55,795£55,78539.21060
31/03/17£18,428£16,313£2,115£0£55,215£55,14340.61040

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £140,000-£150,000
Liabilities/Assets: 65%
Liabilities/Income: 506%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 31.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 9 years
(25 years as a company)

www.ndh-ltd.co.uk

enquiries@ndh-ltd.co.uk

01271312500

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 142 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Forches Community Cafe
£2,795 22/02/2019
12
The funding will be used to establish a community café. The project aims to provide a space where people in the community can meet and where people with low-incomes can access affordable food.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridging the Gap
£349,962 09/03/2015
35
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - TAG for Sustainability
£10,000 23/02/2012
12
This is one of 30 communities across England receiving development funding through the Communities Living Sustainably programme to help jump start detailed planning for more sustainable living. They ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Starfish NDH
£290,912 19/01/2012
48
North Devon Homes Limited (NDH) aims to overcome negative perceptions held about young people, especially among older people, by providing opportunities within local communities. Youth workers will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Seeds for Change - Community Agriculture Social Enterprise
£10,000 25/11/2010
12
This is a project by a third sector organisation in Barnstaple. They will use funding to equip two community gardens with running water, purchase vegetable growing packs and train members of the ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-72
  • JAMES GOSS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: It Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/10/2015, number: 1164142
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/11/1998, number: 03674687
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • Homes England
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
Filing Record
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

North Devon Homes
Westacott Road
Barnstaple
EX32 8TA

Objectives

THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO CARRY ON THE INDUSTRY BUSINESS OR TRADE OF:PROVIDING AND MANAGING HOUSING AND SOCIAL HOUSING AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOUSE PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND AMENITIES OR SERVICES FOR POOR PEOPLE OR FOR THE RELIEF OF AGED, DISABLED (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK PEOPLE; ANDANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT THAT CAN BE CARRIED OUT FROM TIME TO TIME BY A COMPANY REGISTERED AS A PROVIDER OF SOCIAL HOUSING WITH THE REGULATOR. THE REGULATOR IS DEFINED AS THE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES AGENCY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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