Community and Voluntary Action Blyth Valley

Analysis

Community and Voluntary Action Blyth Valley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in October 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community and Voluntary Action Blyth Valley reported income of £238k and spending of £179k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £190k to £238k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Community and Voluntary Action Blyth Valley sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chandran Foundation (£236k), Crickhowell Resource and Information Centre (£240k) and Ideas Matter (£236k).