Wolverhampton Voluntary and Community Action

Analysis

Wolverhampton Voluntary and Community Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in November 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02288239). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wolverhampton Voluntary and Community Action reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.6m to £1.5m (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wolverhampton Voluntary and Community Action sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity of Richard Cloudesley (£1.5m), Hopian (£1.5m) and The Considered Ask Foundation (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £124k. Reserves of £562k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.