The Council for Voluntary Service Uttlesford

Analysis

The Council for Voluntary Service Uttlesford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 2003, 23 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 04709512). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Council for Voluntary Service Uttlesford reported income of £320k and spending of £527k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £434k to £320k (-26%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, The Council for Voluntary Service Uttlesford sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Howard Family Charitable Trust (£319k), Village Hall - Glatton (£320k) and Graham Rowlandson Foundation (£319k).