Southend Association of Voluntary Services

Analysis

Southend Association of Voluntary Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03351855). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Southend Association of Voluntary Services reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £943k to £1.4m (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Southend Association of Voluntary Services 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horizon Care and Welfare Association (£1.4m), North Somerset Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.4m) and The Diana Startin Foundation CIO (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £135k. Reserves of £306k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.