Croydon Voluntary Action

Analysis

Croydon Voluntary Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03271298). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Croydon Voluntary Action reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.7m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.6m (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Croydon Voluntary Action sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Green Corridor (£1.6m), Enable Ability (£1.6m) and Pennine Magpie (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £575k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.