Af&v Launchpad Limited

Analysis

Af&v Launchpad Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnard Castle. It was registered in August 2013, 13 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 08633047). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Af&v Launchpad Limited reported income of £2.1m and spending of £1.8m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £996k to £2.1m (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Af&v Launchpad Limited sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Birmingham Settlement (£2.1m), Dance East (£2.1m) and Medicinema (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, donations and legacies 48% and investments 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £36k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 5.1%. Reserves of £814k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.