Telford and Wrekin Council for Voluntary Service

Analysis

Telford and Wrekin Council for Voluntary Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Telford. It was registered in February 1990, 36 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 02436644). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Telford and Wrekin Council for Voluntary Service reported income of £962k and spending of £1.0m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £830k to £962k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Telford and Wrekin Council for Voluntary Service sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burmantofts Community Projects (£961k), Brighton & Hove Community Works (£962k) and Remedy Trust (£959k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, investments 3.4% and donations and legacies 2.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £233k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.