Bentilee Volunteers CIO

Analysis

Bentilee Volunteers CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stoke-on-Trent. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bentilee Volunteers CIO reported income of £191k and spending of £183k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £67k to £191k (+186%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bentilee Volunteers CIO sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include T. A. G. Trust Ltd (£191k), Disability Information Bureau (£191k) and Haringey Mencap Limited (£191k).