Skills & Volunteering Cymru (SVC)

Analysis

Skills & Volunteering Cymru (SVC) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Skills & Volunteering Cymru (SVC) reported income of £272k and spending of £242k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £238k to £272k (+15%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Skills & Volunteering Cymru (SVC) sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Friends of Aleh (£272k), High Wycombe Central Aid Society (£272k) and Asd Rainbows (£272k).