Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in March 1999, 27 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 03731848). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service reported income of £496k and spending of £511k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £207k to £496k (+140%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One Place East Ltd (£496k), Avail (£496k) and Cancer Help (Preston) Limited (£496k).