THE HOME OF DEVENISH

Registered charity 202400 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of housing for retired or needy widows of Church of England Clergy and Officers in HM Armed Forces

Objects

THE ALMSPEOPLE SHALL BE WOMEN FROM THE FOLLOWING CLASS OF PERSONS WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND ARE MEMBERS OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM:1) WIDOWS OF ORDAINED CLERGY OR OFFICERS IN HM ARMED FORCES; OR2) RETIRED ORDAINED MEMBERS OF THE CLERGY OR OFFICERS IN HM ARMED FORCES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£439k

Latest spending

£349k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £13,286,024, primarily derived from an expendable endowment fund of £12,840,722. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves are £nil, but consider the charity to have sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future as expenditure broadly equates with income. The independent auditors confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“At 31 March 2025, unrestricted general funds totalled £426,902. After allowing for funds invested in tangible fixed assets of £428,700, there are £nil unrestricted free reserves of the charity but there is sufficient cash held in investments which could be utilised if required. Since expenditure broadly equates with income, the trustees consider this to be sufficient.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Edwards and Keeping Limited. 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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

CAPTAIN JOHN BARTLETT HARVEY ROYAL NAVY
DIANA MARGARET LUDLOW
Jonathan Robert Tate
Rev Alida Janny Whittock
Simon James Jacobs

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£439k	£349k
31/03/2024	£420k	£323k
31/03/2023	£361k	£336k
31/03/2022	£297k	£305k
31/03/2021	£280k	£272k

Common questions

Is THE HOME OF DEVENISH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of £13,286,024, primarily derived from an expendable endowment fund of £12,840,722. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves are £nil, but consider the charity to have sufficient resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future as expenditure broadly equates with income. The independent auditors confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Edwards and Keeping Limited.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Churches Housing Action Team (Devon) Ltd.

Churches Housing Action Team (Devon) Ltd income £541k
THE EVENTIDE HOMES income £561k
LADY LUCIE REYNELL'S CHARITY income £32k
THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION CHARITY income £2.1m
DEVIZES ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £722k
HOUSE OF REVIVAL (UK) income £162k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HOME OF DEVENISH	£439k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
Churches Housing Action Team (Devon) Ltd FY2026	£541k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EVENTIDE HOMES FY2025	£561k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
LADY LUCIE REYNELL'S CHARITY FY2025	£32k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION CHARITY FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
DEVIZES ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£722k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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