VOLUNTEER CENTRE KENSINGTON & CHELSEA

Registered charity 1076392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Volunteer Centre aims to support and facilitate the development of quality community services through the promotion of voluntary action throughout Kensington and Chelsea. -Raising the profile and impact of volunteering-Provision of volunteer recruitment programmes-Provision of volunteer advice, information and support service-Promotion of good practice in the deployment of volunteers

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Latest income
£630k
Latest spending
£644k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a modest deficit for the year, with total expenditure of £644,274 against income of £630,466. Despite this, unrestricted reserves increased to £298,290, which the trustees confirm is above their stated policy target of three months of total expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be financially sustainable and a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of the charity’s total expenditure (held: £298k)
It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should be equal to at least 3 months of the charity’s total expenditure. — page 36
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£630k
Total spending
£644k
Cost of raising funds
£7k
Reserves (reported)
£298k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£630k£644k
31/03/2024£640k£575k
31/03/2023£534k£483k
31/03/2022£492k£507k
31/03/2021£544k£496k

Common questions

Is VOLUNTEER CENTRE KENSINGTON & CHELSEA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a modest deficit for the year, with total expenditure of £644,274 against income of £630,466. Despite this, unrestricted reserves increased to £298,290, which the trustees confirm is above their stated policy target of three months of total expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be financially sustainable and a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Greater London Authority01/03/2019£10kGrant to Volunteer Centre Kensington and Chelsea
The National Lottery Community Fund07/02/2019£10kVolunteering is for Everyone
Greater London Authority01/09/2015£5kGrant to Volunteer Centre Kensington and Chelsea

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VOLUNTEER CENTRE HACKNEY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
VOLUNTEER CENTRE KENSINGTON & CHELSEA£630k0aboveno doubt
VOLUNTEER CENTRE HACKNEY FY2025£1.2m£70,001 - £75,0001unclearno doubt
KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA SOCIAL COUNCIL FY2025£1.2m0aboveno doubt
THE VOLUNTEER CENTRE- CHESTERFIELD AND NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE FY2025£164k0unclearno doubt
THE RICHMOND UPON THAMES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£335kaboveno doubt
YORK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£1.7m£60,001 - £70,0001unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.