CVS Lincolnshire

Analysis

CVS Lincolnshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03438413). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, CVS Lincolnshire reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.6m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.5m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, CVS Lincolnshire sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Future Horizons Leeds Ltd (£2.5m), DFN Project Search (£2.5m) and W.i.l.l. Wirral Independent Living and Learning (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £261k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.