DEVONPORT AND WESTERN COUNTIES ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE BLIND

Registered charity 202210 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide a retirement home for blind and partially sighted persons and to promote their welfare, but insofar as there is a vacancy in the home which could not be filled by a blind person, such vacancies may be filled by an elderly person who in the opinion of the directors is in need of the accommodation and services provided by the Charity

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £46,555 in 2025, reversing an £89,723 deficit from the previous year, driven by increased occupancy and reduced agency staff costs. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,560,895, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' estimated required reserves (£1,116,150). The charity maintains a strong cash position of £414,557 and holds significant fixed asset investments valued at £1,560,895.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05812992

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.

• JOHNSON, Moira Esther — director, appointed 16/04/2025on trustee list
• AXWORTHY, Laurence — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
• AXWORTHY, Blodwen — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
• MAJOR, Neil Geoffrey — director, appointed 11/05/2006on trustee list
• NAYLOR, Diana — secretary, appointed 18/09/2024

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Torr Home — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 08/09/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~13.3 months of spending — in the top 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• NEIL MAJORchair
• Blodwen Axworthy
• Laurence Axworthy
• Moira Johnson

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sight Support West of England.

• Sight Support West of England income £978k
• INFOCUS CHARITY income £10.6m
• SUTTON AND CHEAM ELDERLY PEOPLE'S HOUSING ASSOCIATION income £1.5m
• CALICO HOMES LIMITED income £35.2m
• HOUSING THE HOMELESS CENTRAL FUND income £80k
• BEACON CENTRE FOR THE BLIND income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

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