Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in August 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02119687). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service reported income of £655k and spending of £699k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £655k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Peterborough Council for Voluntary Service sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Melton Mencap (£655k), Charity of Thomas Dawson (£655k) and Starfish Asia (£655k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, trading 27% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6,276. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £699k. Reserves of £439k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.