Voluntary and Community Action Sunderland

Analysis

Voluntary and Community Action Sunderland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in May 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01759477). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Voluntary and Community Action Sunderland reported income of £49k and spending of £80k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £65k to £49k (-24%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 160% 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 and Community Action Sunderland sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stone Community Hub Ltd (£49k), Bob and Michelle Shemtob Charitable Trust (£49k) and Samaritans of Halifax and Calderdale (£49k).

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.