Hammersmith and Fulham Volunteer Centre

Analysis

Hammersmith and Fulham Volunteer Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03176924). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hammersmith and Fulham Volunteer Centre reported income of £145k and spending of £135k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £259k to £145k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hammersmith and Fulham Volunteer Centre sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harris Charity (£145k), The Reverend Dr Thomas White's Charity (£146k) and Isle of Wight Law Centre (£145k).