Volition - Leeds

Analysis

Volition - Leeds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 04046674). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Volition - Leeds reported income of £909k and spending of £850k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £909k (-34%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Volition - Leeds sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology (£909k), Lechem Shlomo (£910k) and Bassetlaw Community and Voluntary Service (£908k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and trading 5.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £128k. Reserves of £282k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.