THE NORTHAM CARE TRUST
Registered charity 1081784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHAM LODGE
Provision of both residential and day care services for adults with learning disabilities
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £153,986 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds held at £1,956,706. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient resources to fund ongoing activities. The charity's reserves policy targets a minimum of 3 months' operating costs (£1,600,000), against which the unrestricted funds not tied to fixed assets stood at £967,754.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Northam Care Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Robin Stoneman — Chair (source)
- Katy Kerley — Finance Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Edward Gostling Foundation — “We are so grateful to anyone that makes a donation or supports any of our fundraising events and we would like to thank the following donors…” (source page)
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- BOWEN, Vincent — director, appointed 03/09/2025not on trustee list
- WALTER, Joanne Lisa — director, appointed 13/12/2023on trustee list
- DOWN, Robert William Main — director, appointed 04/08/2022on trustee list
- WHITTAKER, Jane Helen — director, appointed 13/07/2020on trustee list
- STONEMAN, Robin Stanley — director, appointed 29/07/2015on trustee list
- MOLE, Peter Roderick — director, appointed 13/12/2001on trustee list
- KERLEY, Katy Victoria — secretary, appointed 27/11/2017
Official officers record.
CQC provider record: The Northam Care Trust — Registered, 2 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 04/05/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (05/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ROBIN STONEMANchair
- Christopher Derrik Fulford
- Jane Helen Whittaker
- Joanne Lisa Walter Mrs · trustee of 1 other charity
- RODERICK MOLE
- Robert William Main Down
- Vicent Patrick Bowen
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Devon
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE NORTHAM CARE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £153,986 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds held at £1,956,706. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient resources to fund ongoing activities. The charity's reserves policy targets a minimum of 3 months' operating costs (£1,600,000), against which the unrestricted funds not tied to fixed assets stood at £967,754. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Ltd.
Who funds THE NORTHAM CARE TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NORTHAM CARE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE BLUEBERRY FOUNDATION, KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF DEVONSHIRE BENEVOLENT FUND, THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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