Forest Voluntary Action Forum

Analysis

Forest Voluntary Action Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cinderford. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07557852). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Forest Voluntary Action Forum reported income of £837k and spending of £794k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £338k to £837k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Forest Voluntary Action Forum sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (£836k), The Survivors Trust (£838k) and Derman - for the Well-Being of the Kurdish and Turkish Communities (£836k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.7%. Reserves of £723k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.