Bolton Community and Voluntary Services

Analysis

Bolton Community and Voluntary Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in June 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 02615057). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bolton Community and Voluntary Services reported income of £3.1m and spending of £3.7m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £3.1m (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Bolton Community and Voluntary Services sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Action Derby Ltd (£3.1m), The Freddie Green and Family Charitable Foundation (£3.1m) and Age UK Lambeth (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.4m. Reserves of £532k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.