User Voice

Analysis

User Voice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06820227). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, User Voice reported income of £784k and spending of £944k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £784k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, User 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include William Hulme's Grammar School Foundation (£784k), The Rothermere Foundation (£785k) and Sunshine Children's Centre (£784k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85% and donations and legacies 15%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 7.3%. Reserves of £498k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 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.