National Association of Official Prison Visitors

Analysis

National Association of Official Prison Visitors is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halifax. It was registered in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, National Association of Official Prison Visitors reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £12k to £11k (-8.7%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, National Association of Official Prison Visitors sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sutton on the Hill Village Hall (£11k), The Peter Black Charitable Trust (£11k) and Draycott-In-The-Clay Village Hall (£11k).

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.