Gillingham Area Voluntary Car Link Scheme

Analysis

Gillingham Area Voluntary Car Link Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in November 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Gillingham Area Voluntary Car Link Scheme reported income of £33k and spending of £35k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £14k to £33k (+140%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Gillingham Area Voluntary Car Link Scheme sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Winifred Gandine-Stanton Trust (£33k), The Bridge Recovery Community (£33k) and Ledbury Community Centre (£33k).

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.