DAVENTRY CONTACT

Registered charity 1002659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of poverty by the provision of furniture, other household effects and services which are collected from residents, and after refurbishment distributed within the local community.Trainees with mental health problems help to refurbish and distribute collected furniture and household effects.Daventry Contact has a Christian ethos to help everyone who is in need irrespective of creed

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£117k

Latest spending

£126k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £257,136 to £249,380 due to a net outgoing of £8,247, while restricted funds remained stable at £1,470. The charity holds tangible fixed assets valued at £276,361 and has no material commitments or planned expenditure for the forthcoming year other than usual day-to-day expenses. The trustees aim to keep funds on hand to cover 4 to 6 months of expenditure, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 4 to 6 months ahead (held: £249k)

“The Trustees aim to keep funds on hand at any one time to cover expenditure for 4 to 6 months ahead.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees

“During the year, the charity received donations from trustees with a total value of £8,774.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr RICHARD MAXWELL BARRETT Ph.D M.B.Echair
AGNES MCKEE MCFEAT
Anne Maria Muir
Christopher John Whitell
HEATHER JANE CLARKE
MICHAEL CASHMORE · trustee of 1 other charity
PATRICIA ANN MANCHESTER · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£117k	£126k
31/03/2024	£115k	£124k
31/03/2023	£105k	£107k
31/03/2022	£105k	£107k
31/03/2021	£132k	£145k

Common questions

Is DAVENTRY CONTACT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £257,136 to £249,380 due to a net outgoing of £8,247, while restricted funds remained stable at £1,470. The charity holds tangible fixed assets valued at £276,361 and has no material commitments or planned expenditure for the forthcoming year other than usual day-to-day expenses. The trustees aim to keep funds on hand to cover 4 to 6 months of expenditure, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DAVENTRY CONTACT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DAVENTRY CONTACT as a grant recipient include SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST, Alex Ferry Foundation, THE DAVIDGE USHER TRUST, SEEDFIELD TRUST, DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£74k	Grant paid or payable
Alex Ferry Foundation	FY2023	£10k	Community grants
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£8k
THE DAVIDGE USHER TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE DAVIDGE USHER TRUST	FY2026	£5k
SEEDFIELD TRUST	FY2021	£3k
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Charitable activities
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE DAVIDGE USHER TRUST	FY2023	£3k
DOUGLAS COMPTON JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£2k
THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Furniture provision (January 2022)
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Provides recycled furniture for the vulnerable. Our grant was one-off for a replacement minibus.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£2k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2024	£1k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION	1	—
MOTABILITY	1	£261k
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION	1	£55k
Point North Community Foundation	1	£30k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£9k
THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE JOICEY TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DAVENTRY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

DAVENTRY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £257k
DAVENTRY AREA COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £419k
CONTACT (MORPETH MENTAL HEALTH GROUP) LIMITED income £112k
REFURNISH DEVON income £1.2m
THE HOME OF DEVENISH income £439k
THE WM MORRISON DARLINGTON ENTERPRISE TRUST income £422k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DAVENTRY CONTACT	£117k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DAVENTRY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£257k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DAVENTRY AREA COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025	£419k	—	below	—	no doubt
CONTACT (MORPETH MENTAL HEALTH GROUP) LIMITED FY2025	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REFURNISH DEVON FY2025	£1.2m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HOME OF DEVENISH FY2025	£439k	—	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.