Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire Ltd

Analysis

Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04184061). It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire Ltd reported income of £1.2m and spending of £942k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £883k to £1.2m (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Impact Northamptonshire Ltd sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plunkett Foundation (£1.2m), Renaissance-UK Ltd (£1.2m) and Centre for Local Economic Strategies Limited (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88% and donations and legacies 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £117k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £302k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.