DEVON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1057923 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
DCF is privileged to be working alongside people who are motivated by wanting to make a difference across Devon.We use our knowledge of local needs and the voluntary sector to manage the distribution of funds to achieve sustainable outcomes, awarding financial and other support on behalf of our partners and donors.In this way we address disadvantage and achieve inspiring change in our communities.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £375,366, with £250,000 designated to cover six months of costs. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets, though the trustees remain confident in the organization's ability to continue in perpetuity due to secure endowment income and healthy cash flow projections.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £375k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“Consequently, unrestricted reserves are now at £375,366 of which £250,000 are designated to cover 6 months costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Wace Family and Hely-Hutchinson Family Funds were created from donations by Sally Wace and Caroline Harlow respectively, who are current DCF Trustees.
“The Wace Family and Hely-Hutchinson Family Funds were created from donations by Sally Wace and Caroline Harlow respectively, who are current DCF Trustees.” — page 7
“Devon Community Foundation became the Trustee of the Tiverton Education Foundation (TEF) in October 2014 and Sarah Wood Fogwell’s Charity (SWF) in March 2021.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Devon Community Foundation became the Trustee of the Tiverton Education Foundation (TEF) and Sarah Wood Fogwell’s Charity (SWF).
“The Wace Family and Hely-Hutchinson Family Funds were created from donations by Sally Wace and Caroline Harlow respectively, who are current DCF Trustees.” — page 7
“Devon Community Foundation became the Trustee of the Tiverton Education Foundation (TEF) in October 2014 and Sarah Wood Fogwell’s Charity (SWF) in March 2021.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Devon Social Finance Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary.
“The Wace Family and Hely-Hutchinson Family Funds were created from donations by Sally Wace and Caroline Harlow respectively, who are current DCF Trustees.” — page 7
“Devon Community Foundation became the Trustee of the Tiverton Education Foundation (TEF) in October 2014 and Sarah Wood Fogwell’s Charity (SWF) in March 2021.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Devon Community Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£140k
Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (13/04/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (04/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anne Gunther
- Caroline Rudolph
- Commodore John Keith Moores
- Jessica Pilkington
- Kelly Spry-Phare
- Nicholas James
- Robert David Williams
- Rowan Truscott
- Sandra Goscomb
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Devon · Plymouth City · Torbay
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DEVON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £375,366, with £250,000 designated to cover six months of costs. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets, though the trustees remain confident in the organization's ability to continue in perpetuity due to secure endowment income and healthy cash flow projections. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Francis Clark.
Who funds DEVON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DEVON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION, THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND.
Known funders
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