Sefton Council for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Sefton Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crosby Road North. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02832920). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sefton Council for Voluntary Service reported income of £4.8m and spending of £4.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.1m to £4.8m (+16%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sefton Council for Voluntary Service sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hammersmith and Fulham Association for Mental Health (£4.8m), The Haramead Trust (£4.8m) and International Society for Krishna Consciousness London (£4.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and donations and legacies 10%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £172k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 102 people.