WEST DEVON COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SERVICES

Registered charity 1119730 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Through our presence in Okehampton & Tavistock we provide infrastructure support to voluntary and community organisations in West Devon through developing capacity, providing information, helping organisations to influence policy and service development and supporting local volunteers through our volunteer centres

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN WEST DEVON (HEREINAFTER CALLED ''THE AREA OF BENEFIT'') AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS;B) TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: WEST 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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £33,930, reducing unrestricted reserves from £256,947 to £223,017. Per the trustees' report, this deficit was expected and covered by existing reserves, which significantly exceed the stated policy target of £39,659. The charity maintains adequate liquidity with £243,675 in cash and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06115797

Funders the charity credits

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

• West Devon Borough Council — “We are a registered charity (No: 1119730) and our funders include West Devon Borough Council and Devon County Council .” (source page)
• Devon County Council — “We are a registered charity (No: 1119730) and our funders include West Devon Borough Council and Devon County Council .” (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.

• HARRIS, Lesley Ann — director, appointed 27/04/2026on trustee list
• BIRD, Laura — director, appointed 20/04/2025on trustee list
• CULLEN, Mark — director, appointed 24/02/2025on trustee list
• NEWLAND, Darren — director, appointed 21/02/2024on trustee list
• VILE, Kathryn — director, appointed 25/10/2021on trustee list
• KING, Philip — director, appointed 15/04/2010on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Kathryn Sarah Marjorie Vilechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Darren Newland
• Janet Goffey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kirsty England
• Laura Bird
• Lesley Ann Harris
• Mark Cullen
• PHILIP KING · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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 WARWICKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION.

• WARWICKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION income £2.0m
• INVOLVE - VOLUNTARY ACTION IN MID DEVON income £186k
• NORTH DEVON VOLUNTARY SERVICES LIMITED income £574k
• WARRINGTON VOLUNTARY ACTION income £987k
• TAVISTOCK AREA SUPPORT SERVICES income £194k
• Wolverhampton Voluntary and Community Action income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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