Resolven Building Blocks

Analysis

Resolven Building Blocks is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Neath Port Talbot. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04589051). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Resolven Building Blocks reported income of £626k and spending of £668k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £704k to £626k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Resolven Building Blocks sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pembrokeshire Association of Community Transport Organisations (£625k), Wigan Warriors Community Foundation (£627k) and The Parochial Church Councilof the Ecclesiastical Parish of West Horsley,surrey (£625k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 60% and donations and legacies 40%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 38 people.

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.