Erewash Voluntary Action - Council for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Erewash Voluntary Action - Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Long Eaton. It was registered in June 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 03537038). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Erewash Voluntary Action - Council for Voluntary Service reported income of £755k and spending of £953k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £958k to £755k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Erewash Voluntary Action - Council for Voluntary Service sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cricketers' Trust Limited (£755k), Sheffield African Caribbean Mental Health Association Limited (£757k) and Sateda Limited (£755k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90% and investments 7.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £158k. Reserves of £772k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.