Tower Hamlets Council for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Tower Hamlets Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2010, 16 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 07251141). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tower Hamlets Council for Voluntary Service reported income of £992k and spending of £848k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £460k to £992k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Tower Hamlets Council for Voluntary Service sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Knotty Ash Community Transport (£988k), Beighton Bizzy Bee Playgroups Limited (£1.0m) and Warrington Voluntary Action (£987k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £173k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.