The Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action

Analysis

The Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06374591). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.5m, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £1.1m (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action 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 Halton Community Transport (£1.1m), Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil (£1.1m) and The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 81%, investments 13% and trading 2.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £27k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £707k. Reserves of £3.2m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.