Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester

Analysis

Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bognor Regis. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05667986). It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester reported income of £329k and spending of £316k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £452k to £329k (-27%), an average of -7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Voluntary Action Arun and Chichester sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% 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 Cottenham Community Centre (£329k), Poole Communities Trust (£333k) and Faithinvest (£328k).