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The Boston Volunteer Centre Charity

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1069816LincolnshireHousing and shelter
Income£131k2025-09-30
Spending£95ksame year
Spent / received83%5-year average
Size in its cause68th pctHousing and shelter
Registered1998Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Boston Volunteer Centre Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in May 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03441399). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Boston Volunteer Centre Charity reported income of £131k and spending of £95k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £65k to £131k (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Boston Volunteer Centre Charity sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Julian of Norwich Partnership (£130k), Hosyer-Foxe Charity (£131k) and Waltham Abbey Non-Educational Parochial Charities (£130k).

Income and spending

£0£33k£65k£98k£131k2021 Income: £65,4692021 Spending: £66,20020212022 Income: £84,1872022 Spending: £58,42020222023 Income: £107,1952023 Spending: £83,30520232024 Income: £86,1392024 Spending: £90,15820242025 Income: £130,7162025 Spending: £95,1962025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Provision of low cost accommodation and related services to other charities.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Julian of Norwich PartnershipNorwich£130k
Hosyer-Foxe CharityLudlow£131k
Waltham Abbey Non-Educational Parochial CharitiesLondon£130k
Alnwick Young Peoples AssociationNorthumberland£132k