Voluntary Emergency Service Transport (V E S T)

Analysis

Voluntary Emergency Service Transport (V E S T) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in December 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02059997). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Voluntary Emergency Service Transport (V E S T) reported income of £395k and spending of £412k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £312k to £395k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Voluntary Emergency Service Transport (V E S T) sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tibbs Dementia Foundation (£395k), Children of Pakistan Earthquake (£396k) and Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy (Pogp) (£395k).