The Vauxhall Welfare Fund

Analysis

The Vauxhall Welfare Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in July 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Vauxhall Welfare Fund reported income of £24k and spending of £203k, spending 831% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £24k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 571% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Vauxhall Welfare Fund sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrow Gateway (£24k), Sandhurst Youth (£24k) and Alton and District Community Relief Foundation (£24k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.