Institute for Voluntary Action Research

Analysis

Institute for Voluntary Action Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05695711). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Institute for Voluntary Action Research reported income of £1.0m and spending of £968k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.0m (+0.3%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Institute for Voluntary Action Research sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Stanford Foundation (UK) Limited (£1.0m), The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (£1.0m) and Tamar Education Trust (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62%, donations and legacies 36% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.2%. Reserves of £222k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.