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Connected Voice

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1125877Newcastle Upon TyneHealth and saving lives
Income£1.9m2025-09-30
Spending£1.9msame year
Spent / received104%5-year average
Size in its cause93rd pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2008Charitable company
Employees41latest return

Analysis

Connected Voice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06681475). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Connected Voice reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.9m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £1.9m (+2.8%), an average of +0.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Connected Voice sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Young People Cornwall (£1.9m), International Society for Respiratory Viruses (£1.9m) and Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £176k. Reserves of £482k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£578k£1.2m£1.7m£2.3m2021 Income: £1,815,6082021 Spending: £1,808,15120212022 Income: £1,868,5392022 Spending: £1,613,15520222023 Income: £1,794,9322023 Spending: £2,312,47120232024 Income: £1,870,3152024 Spending: £1,888,08820242025 Income: £1,866,8822025 Spending: £1,917,3862025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.7%
  • Charitable activities 98%
  • Trading 0.4%
  • Investments 1.4%

In the charity's own words

We aim to improve the quality of life in Newcastle by a broad programme of voluntary action, recognising that priority should be focussed on the most disadvantaged communities. We achieve this by providing a voice for individuals & the voluntary & community sector, championing voluntary & community action, strengthening voluntary & community organisations, highlighting poverty & inequality issues.

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CharityLocationIncome
Young People CornwallCornwall£1.9m
International Society for Respiratory VirusesEngland£1.9m
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable TrustLondon£1.9m
The Construction Sector Transparency InitiativeLondon£1.9m