International Voluntary Service

Analysis

International Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edinburgh. It was registered in March 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01354951). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, International Voluntary Service reported income of £56k and spending of £48k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £37k to £56k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 683%. Over the whole period it spent 28% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, International Voluntary Service sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Angel Advocates (£56k), Bethany Community Outreach (£56k) and Dorset Road Community Centre (Atherton) Limited (£56k).