Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service

Analysis

Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03505634). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service reported income of £1.6m and spending of £683k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £354k to £1.6m (+342%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Age Concern Morgannwg Limited (£1.6m), Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse (£1.6m) and Inter Care Limited (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 57%, charitable activities 36% and investments 7.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £3.8m would cover about 67 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.