York Centre for Voluntary Service

Analysis

York Centre for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00493550). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, York Centre for Voluntary Service reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.7m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, York Centre for Voluntary Service 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Independent Training Services Limited (£1.7m), Chance (UK) Limited (£1.7m) and The Centre for Justice Innovation UK (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £224k. Reserves of £346k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.

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.