MID DEVON MOBILITY

Registered charity 1099477 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TDCTA, TIVERTON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION

To provide community transport services for inhabitants of Mid and North Devon and its neighbourhood who are in need of such a service because of age, sickness or disability, or poverty or because of lack of availability of adequate and safe public passenger services.

Objects

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE FOR INHABITANTS OF MID DEVON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH A SERVICE BECAUSE OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), OR POVERTY, OR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE AND SAFE PUBLIC PASSENGER SERVICES.

Area of benefit: DEVON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£544k
Latest spending
£526k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £18,029 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £128,774. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis. Total funds carried forward increased to £201,039, up from £183,010 in the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months (reserves figure: £129k)
“It is trustees’ policy to aim to maintain a level of reserves sufficient to ensure that we can continue to provide our core services for three months” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 96
  • Government income: £225,947 — contracts £144,130 (7), grants £81,817 (3); 42% of the £543,978 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 96
  • Government income: £200,293 — contracts £123,735 (6), grants £76,558 (2); 43% of the £463,792 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 124
  • Government income: £511,567 — contracts £112,029 (6), grants £399,538 (10); 76% of the £677,487 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 13/04/2023, 72 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£544k
Total spending
£526k
Reserves (reported)
£129k
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (58% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£544k£526k
31/03/2024£464k£540k
31/03/2023£677k£683k
31/03/2022£424k£424k
31/03/2021£410k£341k

Common questions

Is MID DEVON MOBILITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £18,029 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £128,774. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, maintaining a going concern basis. Total funds carried forward increased to £201,039, up from £183,010 in the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MID DEVON MOBILITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MID DEVON MOBILITY as a grant recipient include THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST, THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUSTFY2021£8k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUSTFY2024£8k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2026Unverified read£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£4kDisability
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
THE HEATHCOAT TRUSTFY2021£1kGrant funding
THE HEATHCOAT TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE ARDWICK TRUSTFY2026£100

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England19/02/2026£10kTogether in Motion
The National Lottery Community Fund21/11/2024£19kConnecting Our Community – Stage 2
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2024£254kA Community On The Move
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2023£10k‘Keeping Communities Connected – Stage 2
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2021£10kRe-Connecting Our Community
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2020£9kKeep Calm We're Still Connecting Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund31/05/2018£266kA Community On The Move

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MID DEVON MOBILITY£544k—0unclear—no doubt
WANDSWORTH COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
NEWTON ABBOT COMMUNITY TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION FY2025£452k—0unclear—no doubt
BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY TRANSPORT FY2025£320k—1above—no doubt
UNITE - CARERS IN MID DEVON FY2025£89k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT (SWADLINCOTE) FY2025£250k—0unclear—no doubt

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