Voluntary Action Rotherham

Analysis

Voluntary Action Rotherham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rotherham. It was registered in June 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02222190). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Voluntary Action Rotherham reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.9m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £3.3m (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Voluntary Action Rotherham sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Training and Development Resource Limited (£3.3m), United by 2022 Charity (£3.4m) and The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, investments 5.2% and donations and legacies 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £526k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 60 people.