ENFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION

Registered charity 1077857 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£884k
Latest spending
£802k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased from £948,888 to £883,857, while total expenditure fell more significantly from £1,014,287 to £802,352, resulting in a net surplus of £81,505 for the year. The trustees report that reserves are at the required level, noting that funding from the London Borough of Enfield remains at the previous level and that the charity may need to use reserves or fundraise to maintain services.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Total income
£884k
Total spending
£802k
Cost of raising funds
£100k
Reserves (reported)
£436k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Enfield

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£884k£802k
31/03/2024£949k£1.0m
31/03/2023£984k£921k
31/03/2022£911k£860k
31/03/2021£867k£719k

Common questions

Is ENFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased from £948,888 to £883,857, while total expenditure fell more significantly from £1,014,287 to £802,352, resulting in a net surplus of £81,505 for the year. The trustees report that reserves are at the required level, noting that funding from the London Borough of Enfield remains at the previous level and that the charity may need to use reserves or fundraise to maintain services. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ENFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ENFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION as a grant recipient include GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERING.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERINGFY2025£5kCommunity Resilience

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/02/2025£237k"Enfield - Our Stories"
Greater London Authority08/09/2023£5kEnfield Voluntary and Community Response Project
Greater London Authority (GLA)08/09/2023£5kEnfield Voluntary and Community Response Project
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2023£10kEnfield Together
City Bridge Foundation12/04/2023£177kGrant to Enfield Voluntary Action
Greater London Authority28/02/2023£5kEnfield Voluntary and Community Response Project
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2020£150kLocal Grants Programme - Enfield
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2020£10kEnfield Together - The Great Voluntary Sector Get Together
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2019£400kCommunity Health Champions Enfield
City Bridge Foundation27/07/2017£101kGrant to Enfield Voluntary Action
City Bridge Foundation19/06/2014£123kGrant to Enfield Voluntary Action
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2009£451kDevelopment and Funding Advice Service

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OLD ENFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ENFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION£884k—0above—no doubt
THE OLD ENFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£685k—0above—no doubt
NORTH TYNESIDE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FY2025£876k—0unclear—no doubt
ENFIELD SOMALI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
LOCALMOTION ENFIELD FY2026£983k—0unclear—no doubt
The Enfield Island Youth & Community Trust FY2025£394k—0unclear—no doubt

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