Tendring Community Voluntary Services

Analysis

Tendring Community Voluntary Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Clacton-On-Sea. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 05325167). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tendring Community Voluntary Services reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.7m, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £809k to £1.2m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 281%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tendring Community Voluntary Services 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Going for Bust (£1.2m), Northcare Charity (£1.2m) and Reubens Retreat Ltd (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 60%, charitable activities 37% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £555k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.