Bexley Voluntary Service Council Limited

Analysis

Bexley Voluntary Service Council Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01501746). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bexley Voluntary Service Council Limited reported income of £938k and spending of £1.0m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £920k to £938k (+1.9%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Bexley Voluntary Service Council Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Steel Charitable Trust (£937k), The Mahoro Charitable Trust (£947k) and The Blue Thread (£936k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £99k. Reserves of £193k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.