Voluntary Action Coventry

Analysis

Voluntary Action Coventry is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in December 1983, 43 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 01752003). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Voluntary Action Coventry reported income of £351k and spending of £374k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £716k to £351k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Voluntary Action Coventry sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bright Side (£351k), Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Synagogue Common Investment Fund (£352k) and The Packard Foundation (£350k).

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.