Ashfield Voluntary Action

Analysis

Ashfield Voluntary Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in December 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04244661). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ashfield Voluntary Action reported income of £178k and spending of £209k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £220k to £178k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ashfield Voluntary Action sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holland Football Club (£178k), The Black Mountain Centre (£178k) and The Elmgrant Trust (£178k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.