Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

DEVON LINK-UP 

Providing voices & choices for Autistic people & people who have a learning disability. Devon Link Up supports people in building up links & networks in the community as well as supporting people in having a say in the way in which they live their lives. Also provides opportunities for people to have real lives in the community & gives opportunities for people to meet up with friends old and new.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 28 years

http://devonlink-up.org

contact@heathfieldfarm.org

07733072326

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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£253£293£-40n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/22£190£248£-58n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£176£218£-42n/an/an/an/an/a4
31/03/20£332£249£83n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/19£118£113£5n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/03/18£107£90£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£106£104£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£148£152£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£137£140£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£180£172£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£160£154£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£191£185£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£167£181£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£187£165£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£97£127£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£135£126£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£155£167£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£119£144£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£138£140£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£114£104£10£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 14 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£99,007
National Lottery Community Fund£98,057
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£29,930
Devon Community Foundation£14,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Devon Community Foundation - Keeping Safe
£5,000 12/12/2022
offering vital transport for older people in a rural a area to get to medical appointments, reducing isolation and providing important contact with the outside world
National Lottery Community Fund - Heathfield Places and Spaces project
£10,000 16/09/2022
The funding will be used towards staff costs and equipment which will enable them to continue to provide training opportunities at Heathfield Farm for people with learning disabilities autism and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 03/06/2022
Heathfield Farm project
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Devon Link Up - 15/02/21
£1,250 03/03/2021
Heathfield Farm
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 Heathfield Farm freedom sessions
£5,000 25/02/2021
5
Grant to Devon Link Up
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,700 01/10/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 'Freedom sessions'
£4,700 30/09/2020
4
Grant to Devon Link Up
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£94,307 05/08/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Devon Link Up
£15,000 23/07/2020
Grant to Devon Link Up meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 28/02/2020
Devon Link Up core costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Broadclyst Community Farm
£78,057 14/10/2019
15
The Broadclyst Community Farm Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Devon Link Up
£14,930 26/06/2019
12
To undertake strategic planning process, development of income generation strategy and outcomes framework with full involvement of service users.
National Lottery Community Fund - Devon Link Up Community Social project
£10,000 26/04/2019
12
The funding will be used to provide a social co-ordinator to support people living with learning disabilities and/or Autism. This will enable participants to gain confidence and be active in the ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 26/11/2018
Core Costs
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£3,500 20/06/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Information Link
£10,000 10/01/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide an information service for people with learning disabilities which they can access via phone or drop in sessions. The project aims to provide people with access to ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£7,500 14/09/2017
Devon Link Up core organisational costs
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Devon Link Up
£15,000 15/03/2017
12
The grant will fund a pilot project to support people with learning disabilities who have been or are currently experiencing domestic abuse
National Lottery Community Fund - Devon Link Up Parenting Project
£10,000 23/11/2016
12
This project will deliver parenting workshops for families who are living with learning issues. The workshops will include a variety of activities promoting healthy living and will encourage social ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Devon Link Up
£15,000 28/09/2012
the Zest for Life project costs including admin, support, travel expenses, running costs and staff salaries
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/02/1996, number: 1052687
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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; AR14: 36 days late, AR09: 110 days late, AR08: 12 days late, AR07: 113 days late, AR04: 66 days late,
Main office

Heathfield Farm
Station Road
Broadclyst
Exeter
EX5 3AR

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT BY LIMITATION: 1) PROMOTE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CARE AND WELFARE OF SUCH PERSONS. 2) PROMOTE AND ASSIST IN THE INTEGRATION OF SUCH PERSONS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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