Camden Volunteer Bureau

Analysis

Camden Volunteer Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02476916). It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Camden Volunteer Bureau reported income of £261k and spending of £249k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £167k to £261k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Camden Volunteer Bureau sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Five Trees Community Trust (£258k), Bradford Base Social Enterprise Company Limited (£262k) and Home-Start in Waverley (£258k).