THE DEVON AND EXETER INSTITUTION

Registered charity 1172445 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of public education particularly in the History, Literature and Arts of the County of Devon, City of Exeter and of the South West of England generally and particularly by the provision and maintenance of a Library, Readiong Rooms and educational facilities and the advancement of heritage by the preservation of number 7 Cathedral Close Exeter for the public benefit.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £113,399 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £327,561 against total expenditure of £214,162. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £207,106 in free reserves, which is within its stated policy target of holding 2-3 times the annual operating gap. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Griffin Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~12.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Travers
• Dr Colin Higgins
• Dr Judith Morgane · trustee of 2 other charities
• Hannah Emily Jones
• Jennifer Louise McCracken
• Prof Henry Richards French
• Ruth O'Neale
• Thomas Andrew Mark Staniford
• Timothy Mayon-White

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).