Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Council for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Great Harwood. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03530868). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Council for Voluntary Service reported income of £355k and spending of £317k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £594k to £355k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Council for Voluntary Service sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethany Christian Centre (£355k), Cramlington Voluntary Youth Project Ltd (£355k) and Merton Centre for Independent Living (£354k).