Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade
Analysis
Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in August 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade reported income of £72k and spending of £79k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £50k to £72k (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Platform 1 (£72k), Sturge Weber UK (£72k) and The Owen Smith Charitable Trust (£72k).
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
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Maintain a fully operational fire brigade under contract to Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service. Members carry out their duties entirely on a voluntary basis. Members are trained in the same way and assessed in exactly the same way as whole time and On-call colleagues . We are available 24 hours a day seven days a week to answer emergency calls. We work the On-call duty system.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Platform 1 | Huddersfield | £72k |
| Sturge Weber UK | West Yorkshire | £72k |
| The Owen Smith Charitable Trust | Kington | £72k |
| The Ernest and Marjorie Fudge Trust for Warminster | Warminster | £72k |