Royal Voluntary Service

Analysis

Royal Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-On-Trent. It was registered in December 1992, 34 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 02520413). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Royal Voluntary Service reported income of £41.5m and spending of £39.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £36.1m to £41.5m (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Royal Voluntary Service sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wales Council for Voluntary Action (£36.6m), The Sigrid Rausing Trust (£47.6m) and Blackrock Charities Funds (£34.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, donations and legacies 17% and trading 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £446k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Reserves of £8.9m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 680 people.