Voluntary Organisations' Network North East

Analysis

Voluntary Organisations' Network North East is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04061592). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Voluntary Organisations' Network North East reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.9m, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £696k to £1.2m (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Voluntary Organisations' Network North East sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK North Cumbria (£1.1m), RSM UK Foundation (£1.2m) and Glamorgan Voluntary Services (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87% and investments 13%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £75k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.