Quaker Voluntary Action

Analysis

Quaker Voluntary Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03908675). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Quaker Voluntary Action reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £13k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Quaker Voluntary Action sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heart for Africa (£13k), Wilmington Parochial Charity (£13k) and PLS Food Foundation (£13k).