Volunteer Centre Greenwich

Analysis

Volunteer Centre Greenwich is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03832423). It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Volunteer Centre Greenwich reported income of £335k and spending of £303k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £321k to £335k (+4.1%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Volunteer Centre Greenwich 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 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The United Charities (£334k), Lasa Charity UK Limited (£335k) and The Christopher and Henry Oldfield Trust (£334k).