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NORTHCOTT DEVON MEDICAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 204660 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of grants to support medical research carried on in the county of Devon.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£147k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £116,096, with a total net asset value of £2.81 million. The trustees' policy is to maintain a very minimum of unspent income reserves, expecting to have largely spent income reserves at any one time. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a very minimum of unspent income reserves (held: £116k)
“The reserves policy is to maintain a very minimum of unspent income reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Secretary Mr R E T Borton is sole director/shareholder of Scanniclift Limited, which provided secretarial/accounting services for £1,500.
“The Secretary, Mr R E T Borton is the sole director and shareholder of Scanniclift Limited. That firm provided secretarial and accounting services for the first part of the year at a cost of £1,500 (no VAT).” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon · Plymouth City · Torbay

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/10/2025£147k£29k
05/10/2024£74k£61k
05/10/2023£367k£42k
05/10/2022£70k£77k
05/04/2021£42k£53k

Common questions

Is NORTHCOTT DEVON MEDICAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £116,096, with a total net asset value of £2.81 million. The trustees' policy is to maintain a very minimum of unspent income reserves, expecting to have largely spent income reserves at any one time. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES3£345k
THE ELWYN THOMAS MEMORIAL FUND1£419k
COUNTY AIR AMBULANCE TRUST1£354k
PARKINSON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM1£169k
CONSERVATION COLLECTIVE1£21k
PLYMOUTH VCSE1£3k
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k
MOTABILITY1£763

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTHCOTT DEVON MEDICAL FOUNDATION£147k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHCOTT DEVON FOUNDATION FY2025£222k—0within—no doubt
ROYAL DEVON UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt
TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£433k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY FY2025£359k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL GLAMORGAN POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2025£114k—0unclear—no doubt

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