Leicestershire Voluntary Sector Resource Agency

Analysis

Leicestershire Voluntary Sector Resource Agency is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03576786). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leicestershire Voluntary Sector Resource Agency reported income of £806k and spending of £795k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.0m to £806k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Leicestershire Voluntary Sector Resource Agency 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 Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Funds (£805k), Citizens Advice Oxfordshire (£807k) and Mind in Furness Limited (£804k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £414k. Reserves of £168k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.