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|CONTENTS|PAGE|
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|llel'erenccandad,ninistration details||
|l'rusleesreporl|2-5|
|Sttementoitrustccs rcsponsibilities|6|
|fildcpcndcnt eraminers reporl|1|
|Statemenloltinancial activities|8|
|llalancesheet|9|
|Notcs to thc Jinancialslalements|10-15|
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|Charityname|TheDevonshire Association IbrthcAdvalcement ofScience.Literatureand theArts.|
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||which forlessfonnalpurposcs may beshotencdto The Devonshire Association.|
|Registeredcharitynumber|1209194|
|Chrrity'sprincipalrddress|Unit10,ChitterleyBusinessCentre|
||Silverton|
||Devon, EX54DB|
|Trusteeswhomanage thecharity|DrSueAndrew- Chair|
||Richard Pocock-ViceChair (retjredSeptember2024. appoinledApril2025)|
||ProfessorWilliam Hamilton - Editor|
||JohnHaslam- Treasuror|
||ProfessorMalcolmHart (resignedSeptember2025)|
||Derek SmitheD|
||Mark Norman|
||Hazel Harland|
||Cheryl Tachon (appointed July 2024)|
||TraceyNorman (appointedFebruary2025)|
||Michael Kelly(appointedSeptember2025)|
||ThomasLangdon-Davies (appointedSeptember2025)|
||ProfessorMichaelWinter (appointedSeptember2025)|
||DrIanVamdell(resignedSeptember2025)|
||JaneWhittaker (resignedSeptember2024)|
|lndependent examiner|MrsMHutchings|
||ApslevsCharteredAccountants|
||2lBamptonStreet|
||Ti!e.to[|
||DevonEXl6 6AA|
|Bankers|LloydsBantplc|
||VictoriaBranch|
||POBox1000|
||AndoverBXIILT|
||TheCo-operati!cBank|
||IBalloonStreet|
||ManchesterM44BE|
|Nameofseniorstaff|DrBridgetGillard tExecutiresecrctary)|
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|||Branches and||Restricted|TotalluldsTolallirnds||
||Note|General|sections|funds|2025|2024|
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|Income|||||||
|Donationsand legacies||15.781|||15.781|481|
|Crants receivable||||t9.968|19,968|t9.96t3|
|Charitable activitie5|||||||
|Subscriptions||31,998|||31.998|15.6r9|
|Branches and scctions|||I1.695||11.695|11.586|
|Arnualcolrflrencereceipts||1.973|||1.97.1|2.5ftr|
|Prcsident'ssymposiunl||1.716|||1.7t6||
|Publisher's licensingsocietl'||423|||.123|257|
|ClhristmasF.\'ent||||||,1,10|
|UNISCOproject||3,824|||3.824|1.',l19|
|Sund['incolre||351||||'70'7|
|In\cstmerts|||||||
|Iotcrcstanddi!idends
Totalincome|2|8.672
6,+.144|603
12,298|19,968|q?75
,?s10|911)
8rJl6t|
|Expenditure|||||||
|Raising funds||7.578|11,1t4||t9-292|t9.'773|
|Chatable|3|16.790||38,512|85.302|48.007|
|Total expenditure||54,368|11.714|38.512 104.594||61.',780|
|Nct ircome/(cxpcnditure)||10.376|584|(18.544) (7.584)||2t.28t|
|'fransleN|||||||
|Nclovement in lunds||r0.376|58,1|(18.5,1.1)|(7.58.1)|21.281|
|Balancesbroughttbruarda1IJanuarl2025
Ilalancecarriedlbrwardat3lDeccmber 2025||t7'1.1l6
187,492|28.561
29,145|18.980
436|221,657
217,013|203.3',76
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||Noles|2025||2024||
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|trixedAssets||||||
|-langihlc fixcdasscts|5||1,871|||
||||I.87t||t,292|
|Curr€nt-{ssets||||||
|Slooks|6|I||I||
|Dcbtorsand prepa),ments|,7|15.960||2.783||
|Cashatbank:||||||
|Oldgeneralaccount||||991||
|l,loydsgeneralaccount||2369||13.391||
|CCLAInvestmcnt account||87.616||95.187||
|Branchcs and Sections||29.145||28.561||
|Charit)Bankaccount||88.375||85.000||
|L zrshinhand||||2||
|||223,496||||
|Current liabilities:Payablewithironeyear||||||
|Creditorsal1daccruals|8|8.294||||
|Netcurrentassets|||215.202||22i.365|
|Netassets|||z1'7.073||l-14-(J)/|
|Funds||||||
|llnrestricted||||||
|Ceneral|||187.,192||t'77,t16|
|Branches|4||29.1.1i|||
||||216.637||205,61',7|
|Rostricted|l0||436||18,980|
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||PERIOD|ENDED3|IDO|CEMBER2025||||
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|lnterest and dividends||||||ff||
|Bank interesl||||||9-2't5|
9-',772|
|Expenditure||||||||
|||Raisins||Charitable||||
||Notes|l'unds||acti\itics|RestrictedTotal2025||Total2024|
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|CostofTransactions||||||||
|Printing||||7.290||1.290|8.1l4|
|Distribution||||3.127||3.t2',7|2,903|
|DA News||||||||
|Prirting||2,134||2.r34||4.268|3.716|
|Distribulion||||3,492||3,492||
|Staffcosts|12|1,000||19,032|9,t07|29,139|21.571|
|Travelexpenses||||216|351|561||
|Project co-ordinator|||||6.259|6.259||
|Annual Conferenceexpenses||||2,661||2.667|2.710|
|President's Symposium|||||2.691|2.691|2,486|
|ChristmasEvents|||||||250|
|Rent||2.040||2.040||4.080|4,020|
|Premises expenses|||||||40|
|Marketing|||54|54|1.224|t.332||
|Printingandstationery|||85|168||253|418|
|Website costs||603||166||769|362|
|Computerexpenses|||4l|373||414|344|
|Postage|||8l|161||242|610|
|Telephone||242||483||725|l'76|
|Accountancy fee||93'7||1,873||2,810|1,630|
|Independentexaminersfee||tt7||||350|350|
|Insurance||178||356||534|789|
|Subscdptions to othersocieties||||34||34|34|
|Subscptionsto TrustAdvice Helpline|||44|100||t44|t41|
|Forums|||22|504||526|504|
|Awards|||||2.500|2,500||
|Traingcosts|||||398|398||
|Setupcostsof CIO||||846||846||
|Sundryexpenses||||830||830|256|
|River Dartexpenses|||||||1,103|
|Delivery ofUNESCOLottery Project|||||15.982|15,982||
|Depreciation
Branches§ionsexpenditure|6
4|1,518
rt.7t4||6lt
46.190|38,512|123
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92.ti{1055.781
It.714
11.999||
|Total expenditure2025||19.292||16-790|
18.512 101.5946',t.780|||
|Total expcnditure2024||19,7',73 4'7,019|||
988|6',1,780||
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|Branchesandsectiotrs||||||
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||Balaoce||||Balallce|
||01.01.2025
t|ReQeipts
I|PayrnertsTransfels
f|f|31.12.2025
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|Branches||||||
|Bidelbrcl|l.:t32|786|693||1.525|
|FlastI)e!on
Uxetcr|4.156
662|2.299
"152|2.479
639||3.976
'1'75|
|SouthI)evon
PI)molrth|r.529
1.265|1,054
513|750
'702||1.833
1.076|
|Tavistock|1-2',78||869||t.173|
||10"322|
6.'168|6.r32 --------------:-10,658|||
|Sections||||||
|Botan)'|1.158|73|375||856|
|Iluildings|5"550|t.72t)|t-467||5.803|
|Entomolog|r.057||22||1.03i|
|Ceolog)|I.602|900|810||t.692|
|IIistor,f|3.803|1.019|1.159|||
|lnduslrial Archacology|.1.536|1.361|986||3.91l|
|Literaturc&Arts|510|757|763||50,1|
|Music|1.023||||1.023|
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5,830|5,582||18.,187|
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|Tangiblefixedassets||||
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|||Fumiture||
|||and||
||ComDutqequipmcnt
f
f||Total
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|Cost||||
|.,\t 1Januar12025|.1.969|8,129|I3.398|
|Additions|r.190||1.190|
|Arl1Dcccmbcr2025|6.159|8.429|14,588|
|Dcpreciat io n||||
|AtIJanuar)2025
Chargcforlear|3,',770
597|8,336
t4|12.106
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|AtllDecember2025|4.367||12."71'7|
|Net book value||||
|,A131 December2025|1.792|
79|1.871|
|At31December 2024|1.199|
93|t.292|
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|7.|Debtors
a)ther clebtors
Prepalments|M-
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14,986
974|2024
1,04s
1,738|
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|8.|Creditors and subscriptions itradvatrce
Payablewithinoneyear|2025
TT|2024|
||Tlade creditors
Other creditors
Accruals|3,s02
1,190
3,602
8,294|
163
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||llalance|Nerv|utilised/|||Balance|
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||01.01.2025
!|desie[ations
r|rcleased I|'liansler|!|!|
|Lilemembcrship|4.671||576|||.1.097|
|J'uhlications|7.3t1|||||7.31,1|
|SInall grantsschcme|1.000|||||1.000|
||12,98',7-576-t2.4tt||||||
|Restricted funds|Balance|Ne$|UtiLised/|||Balance|
||01.01.2025|designations|released|Trallsltr||3t.t2.2025|
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|National l,otter! HerilalleFund|r8.980|19,968|38.512|||436|
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|Staffcosts|||
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|TheDevomhireAssociationhasI(2024:l)employee|2025
f|2024t|
|Stat'fsalary|28.280|20.949|
|Nationaiinsurancc|||
|Pcnsioncontribulions|859|628|
||29.139|2t.57',7|
|There arenoemployeesearning cmolumentsover160.000|||
|Trustees'remunetationandexpenses|zo25|2024|
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|Trustees' remrmeration|||
|Trustees'expenses|l3||
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