Voluntary Action Camden

Analysis

Voluntary Action Camden is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 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 02388150). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Voluntary Action Camden reported income of £389k and spending of £352k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £483k to £389k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Camden sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Thegivingmachine (£382k), Brighter Communities Limited (£390k) and Open Door Exmouth (£381k).