Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services Limited

Analysis

Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in May 2004, 22 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 04856677). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services Limited reported income of £667k and spending of £690k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £702k to £667k (-5.0%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services Limited 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sight Support Hull and East Yorkshire (£666k), Home-Start Rochdale and Bury (£667k) and Clwyd Special Riding Centre Limited (£665k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 3.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £51k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 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.