Registered charity · Exeter
Community Council of Devon
- 10 trustees
- Income £791k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nicola GurrChair · since 2019
- Alexander Alder-Westlake JPTrustee · since 2024
- Charlotte GoughTrustee · since 2022
- David Owen RogersTrustee · since 2021
- Ian CowlingTrustee · since 2016
- Jennifer ViloriaTrustee · since 2025
- Malcolm VallanceTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew DoddTrustee · since 2022
- Renee SmithensTrustee · since 2017
- Zoe SeatonTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 3 more
- Where
- Devon, Somerset, Torbay
- Website
- www.devoncommunities.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Community Council of Devon
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£791k£985k
- 2024£1.0m£1.4m
- 2023£1.5m£1.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.2m£1.0m
- 2021£706k£647k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 58%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF DEVON AND THE SOUTH WEST REGION OF ENGLAND, WHERE APPROPRIATE.B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF DEVON AND THE SOUTH WEST REGION OF ENGLAND, WHERE APPROPRIATE.C) THE GIVING OF ASSISTANCE AND THE CO-ORDINATION OF ALL STATUTORY AND OTHER AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ANY OF THE PURPOSES SET OUT IN (A) AND (B) ABOVE BY BRINGING THE SAME TOGETHER AS MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PROVISION OF AGENCY SERVICES FOR SUCH AUTHORITIES OR ORGANISATIONS.
Grants received
9 grants · £447,020 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £285,164 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £79,400 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £59,698 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £21,758
- Department for Education · £1,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Education
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
10 trustees on the board
- Nicola Gurr Chair since 2019
- Alexander Alder-Westlake JP since 2024
- Charlotte Gough since 2022
- David Owen Rogers since 2021
- Ian Cowling since 2016
- Jennifer Viloria since 2025
- Malcolm Vallance since 2025
- Matthew Dodd since 2022
- Renee Smithens since 2017
- Zoe Seaton since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Nicola Gurr Chair since 2019
- Ian Cowling since 2016
- Renee Smithens since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Nicola Gurr Chair since 2019
- Alexander Alder-Westlake JP since 2024
- Charlotte Gough since 2022
- David Owen Rogers since 2021
- Jennifer Viloria since 2025
- Malcolm Vallance since 2025
- Matthew Dodd since 2022
- Zoe Seaton since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Ian Cowling since 2016
- Renee Smithens since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1074047
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/01/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/10/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/10/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/10/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/10/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/09/2012AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01/11/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/11/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 NOV 2017 as amended on 27 Nov 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 03694095 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01392248919 · info@devoncommunities.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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