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Volunteers Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1140407LondonEducation and training
Income£72k2025-12-31
Spending£80ksame year
Spent / received103%5-year average
Size in its cause71st pctEducation and training
Registered2011Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Volunteers Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Volunteers Foundation reported income of £72k and spending of £80k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £47k to £72k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Volunteers Foundation sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Marychurch Pre-School (£72k), Garfield Weston Trust Ulster University (£72k) and Knossington and Somerby Pre-School (£71k).

Income and spending

£0£31k£62k£92k£123k2021 Income: £46,8552021 Spending: £45,40820212022 Income: £55,5422022 Spending: £78,24320222023 Income: £98,2052023 Spending: £62,34520232024 Income: £105,6142024 Spending: £123,29720242025 Income: £71,5312025 Spending: £80,2332025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity aims to improve the life of the Kibera children through the provision of quality education, health and mental wellbeing monitoring and sports. Children, aged five to eighteen, join Volunteers Foundation Academy nursery and primary school, then continue their education in partnering secondary schools. Volunteers Foundation adopts a holistic approach through out the programme.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
St Marychurch Pre-SchoolTorquay£72k
Garfield Weston Trust Ulster UniversityNorthern Ireland£72k
Knossington and Somerby Pre-SchoolLeicester£71k
Socio-Legal Studies AssociationCardiff£72k