Vola Consortium

Analysis

Vola Consortium is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08746685). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Vola Consortium reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.4m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £75k to £1.4m (+1762%), an average of +108% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 248%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Vola Consortium sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Enrych (£1.4m), Children's Sailing Trust (£1.4m) and Citizens Advice 1066 (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.2m. Reserves of £44k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.