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Voluntary Help Centre

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1164155BecclesOther charitable purposes
Income£42k2025-03-31
Spending£48ksame year
Spent / received124%5-year average
Size in its cause71st pctOther charitable purposes
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Voluntary Help Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beccles. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Voluntary Help Centre reported income of £42k and spending of £48k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £33k to £42k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Voluntary Help Centre sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Town Lands (Estate) (£42k), Wadebridge Primestock Show Association (£42k) and The Almshouse of Robert Stiles (£42k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.

Income and spending

£0£13k£25k£38k£50k2021 Income: £32,7902021 Spending: £39,48320212022 Income: £35,4612022 Spending: £38,65920222023 Income: £30,6422023 Spending: £42,96420232024 Income: £35,6752024 Spending: £50,24920242025 Income: £42,3172025 Spending: £48,2032025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

WE PROVIDE - 1. A CAR SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO UNDERTAKE A JOURNEY FOR WHICH THERE IS NO FAMILY CAR OR SUITABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT; 2. A BEFRIENDERS SERVICE TO HELP ISOLATED AND HOUSEBOUND WITH A VARIETY OF SERVICES - SHOPPING,DOG WALKING, VISITING AND GENERAL SOCIAL CONTACT; 3. LUNCH CLUB TO BENEFIT THE ELDERLY, DISABLED OR ISOLATED / HOUSEBOUND BY PROVIDING REGULAR SOCIAL ACTIVITY

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Town Lands (Estate)Norwich£42k
Wadebridge Primestock Show AssociationWadebridge£42k
The Almshouse of Robert StilesNewbury£42k
Pontardulais Agricultural and Horticultural SocietySwansea£43k