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NORTH DEVON HOSPICE

Registered charity 286554 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q20712627 · Wikipedia · also known as HOSPICE CARE TRUST (NORTH DEVON), NORTH DEVON HOSPICE CARE TRUST

The provision of specialist care to patients with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses in order to help the patient have the best quality of life in the time left by responding appropriately to their physical,emotional and spiritual needs.To support family members both before death and during the period of bereavement.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE ASSOCIATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NORTH DEVON

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£9.8m
Latest spending
£8.2m
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an operational deficit of £544k and a total reduction in reserves of £585k, bringing total reserves to £13.3 million. The trustees remain confident in the financial position as a going concern, noting that risk-based and designated reserves are sufficient to support current and future strategic objectives despite increased expenditure and cost pressures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: NDH Ventures Ltd
“The charity has a wholly owned trading subsidiary called NDH Ventures Ltd. The trading activities of this company are the hospice lottery and the sale of bought in goods through our shops.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Francis Clark. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 448
  • Government income: £1,583,381 — contracts £108,546 (1), grants £1,474,835 (1); 16% of the £9,842,536 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£80,001–£90,000: 3; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 427
  • Government income: £2,736,746 — contracts £1,368,373 (1), grants £1,368,373 (1); 39% of the £6,989,912 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£70,001–£80,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 354
  • Government income: £1,458,551 — contracts £98,224 (2), grants £1,360,327 (1); 21% of the £7,070,113 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

NDH VENTURES LTD. — per its own Companies House accounts

    Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — North Devon Hospice (matched by registered charity number).

    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.

    Official officers record.

    Property (HM Land Registry)

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

    CQC provider record: North Devon Hospice — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 18/07/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

    Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

    Total income
    £9.8m
    Total spending
    £8.2m
    Cost of raising funds
    £3.1m
    Reserves (reported)
    £15.0m
    Employees
    200

    Reported reserves equal ~21.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

    Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 31.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

    Care Quality Commission ratings

    CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Devon

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/03/2026£9.8m£8.2m
    31/03/2025£7.0m£7.5m
    31/03/2024£7.1m£7.2m
    31/03/2023£6.0m£6.6m
    31/03/2022£6.3m£6.1m

    Common questions

    Is NORTH DEVON HOSPICE financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded an operational deficit of £544k and a total reduction in reserves of £585k, bringing total reserves to £13.3 million. The trustees remain confident in the financial position as a going concern, noting that risk-based and designated reserves are sufficient to support current and future strategic objectives despite increased expenditure and cost pressures. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Francis Clark.

    Who funds NORTH DEVON HOSPICE?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTH DEVON HOSPICE as a grant recipient include THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BRIDGE TRUST, THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION, THE HEATHCOAT TRUST.

    Known funders

    Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£120kA local charity based in Barnstaple providing specialist care and support to people who are affected by a life-limiting illness.
    THE BRIDGE TRUSTFY2024£20k
    THE BRIDGE TRUSTFY2023£17kOther local charitable and community organisations
    THE CLARE MILNE TRUSTFY2025£15k
    WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2021£10k
    THE BRIDGE TRUSTFY2021£8k
    THE BRIDGE TRUSTFY2025£7kWelfare of people in financial need
    THE HEATHCOAT TRUSTFY2023£5kGeneral
    THE CADBURY FOUNDATIONFY2021£5kSource Projects
    THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£4k
    WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
    THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
    THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2022Unverified read£2k
    THE BRIDGE TRUSTFY2022£2k
    HOSPICE AID UKFY2021£1k
    THE HEATHCOAT TRUSTFY2022£1k
    THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2026£1k
    THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUSTFY2021£1k
    WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
    CLARK FOUNDATIONFY2022£750
    CLARK FOUNDATIONFY2021£200
    THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022amount not stated
    THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024amount not statedA local charity based in Barnstaple providing specialist care and support to people who are affected by a life-limiting illness.
    THE PHILIP J MILTON AND COMPANY PLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022amount not statedProviding specialist care and support to people who are affected by a life-limiting illness

    Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

    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
    THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST2£49k
    THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED2£12k
    ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£372k
    THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£233k
    THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY1£157k
    SJP CHARITY TRUST LIMITED1£61k
    ANN WATSON'S TRUST1£40k
    THE EIGHTY EIGHT FOUNDATION1£35k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH LONDON HOSPICE.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    NORTH DEVON HOSPICE£9.8m——unclear—no doubt
    NORTH LONDON HOSPICE FY2026£15.1m——below—no doubt
    NORTHERN DEVON FOODBANK FY2025£236k—0unclear—no doubt
    CORBY AND DISTRICT CANCER CARE FY2025£433k—0unclear—no doubt
    HALTON HAVEN HOSPICE FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
    WESTON HOSPICECARE LIMITED FY2025£6.2m——unclear—no doubt

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