Hull Community and Voluntary Services Ltd

Analysis

Hull Community and Voluntary Services Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in October 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01570120). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hull Community and Voluntary Services Ltd reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.0m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £2.2m (+6.3%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hull Community and Voluntary Services Ltd sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Computeraid International (£2.2m), Moving on (Durham) Ltd (£2.3m) and The Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons' Fund of Benevolence (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85% and donations and legacies 15%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.