DEVON BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 270675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D B K A, DBKA, DEVON BKA

To promote and further the craft of beekeepingandTo advance the education of the public in the importance of honeybees in the environment.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£130k
Latest spending
£108k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated surplus for the year, with cash and bank balances increasing from £186,491 to £208,703. The trustees note that the central office is not overstaffed and all appear to be working hard, while branches also reported a surplus compared to the previous year's deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£130k£108k
30/09/2024£124k£148k
30/09/2023£152k£135k
30/09/2022£132k£119k
30/09/2021£108k£97k

Common questions

Is DEVON BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated surplus for the year, with cash and bank balances increasing from £186,491 to £208,703. The trustees note that the central office is not overstaffed and all appear to be working hard, while branches also reported a surplus compared to the previous year's deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/08/2006£5kPlymouth Beekeepers Education Project

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEVON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEVON BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION£130k—0unclear—no doubt
DEVON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£3.0m£60,001 - £70,0001above10.2%no doubt
BRITISH BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
BEES ABROAD FY2025£209k—0unclear—no doubt
DEVON DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FY2025£197k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NATIONAL HONEY SHOW LIMITED FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt

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