Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06178269). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.5m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £1.4m (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Cumbria Council for Voluntary Service sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Graff Foundation (£1.4m), The Astra Foundation (£1.4m) and Aspect Living Foundation (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 55%, charitable activities 41% and investments 4.1%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £312k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.