Basildon, Billericay and Wickford Council for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Basildon, Billericay and Wickford Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08028602). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Basildon, Billericay and Wickford Council for Voluntary Service reported income of £558k and spending of £585k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £289k to £558k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Basildon, Billericay and Wickford Council for Voluntary Service sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paul for Brain Recovery (£557k), PSC Support (£558k) and John Jackson Charitable Trust (£557k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, donations and legacies 17% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £307k. Reserves of £92k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.