Slough Council for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Slough Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in April 1998, 28 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 03523907). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Slough Council for Voluntary Service reported income of £821k and spending of £849k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £821k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Slough Council for Voluntary Service sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bridge Project Sudbury (£821k), On Course Foundation (£821k) and The Junction Project (Bristol) Charitable Trust (£821k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73%, investments 13%, trading 11% and charitable activities 2.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £464k. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.