Cheshire West Voluntary Action

Analysis

Cheshire West Voluntary Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07233113). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cheshire West Voluntary Action reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £603k to £1.1m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cheshire West Voluntary Action sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 The Assist Fund (£1.1m), Christ's Hospital of Abingdon (£1.1m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Radipole & Melcombe Regis, Weymouth (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £690k. Reserves of £276k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.