Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil

Analysis

Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merthyr Tydfil. It was registered in March 2007, 19 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 company (Companies House number 06058360). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil reported income of £1.1m and spending of £961k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £1.1m (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 Merthyr Tydfil sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 The Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action (£1.1m), The Institute of Commercial Management Limited (£1.1m) and Halton Community Transport (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £927k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.