Burnley Pendle and Rossendale Council for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Burnley Pendle and Rossendale Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in May 1997, 29 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 03328219). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Burnley Pendle and Rossendale Council for Voluntary Service reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.2m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.1m (+5.0%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Burnley Pendle and Rossendale Council for Voluntary Service sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St George's Lupset Ltd (£2.0m), North Kent Mind (£2.1m) and Derwentside Hospice Care Foundation (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £475k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.

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.