National Association for Voluntary and Community Action

Analysis

National Association for Voluntary and Community Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02575206). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action reported income of £890k and spending of £814k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £890k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Action Northumberland (£886k), The Marcus Margulies Charitable Trust (£893k) and Enfield Voluntary Action (£884k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, donations and legacies 3.5% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £125k. Reserves of £50k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.