Wansbeck Centre for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Wansbeck Centre for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashington. It was registered in May 2007, 19 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 05980151). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wansbeck Centre for Voluntary Service reported income of £478k and spending of £409k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £757k to £478k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wansbeck Centre for Voluntary Service sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smethwick Youth and Community Centre Limited (£478k), The Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor (Commonly Called Society of All Saints) (£478k) and Mind in Harrow (£477k).