Dearne Valley Venture

Analysis

Dearne Valley Venture is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rotherham. It was registered in December 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02448308). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dearne Valley Venture reported income of £21k and spending of £15k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £35k to £21k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dearne Valley Venture sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paddlers for Life Manchester (£21k), Maha Shiv Shakti Mandir (£21k) and Rhema Evangelical Assembly (£21k).