VOLUNTEER CENTRE BLACKPOOL WYRE AND FYLDE

Registered charity 1125184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and develop volunteering

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Latest income
£626k
Latest spending
£645k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £18,684 for the year, resulting from spending restricted fund surpluses from prior years. Per the trustees' report, the charity's unrestricted reserves of £59,455 are below the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £59k; policy: three and six month's expenditure)
This level of reserves has not been achieved at the year end.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
£626k
Total spending
£645k
Cost of raising funds
£8k
Reserves (reported)
£59k
Employees
38

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Blackpool · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£626k£645k
31/03/2024£647k£615k
31/03/2023£462k£436k
31/03/2022£314k£348k
31/03/2021£372k£318k

Common questions

Is VOLUNTEER CENTRE BLACKPOOL WYRE AND FYLDE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £18,684 for the year, resulting from spending restricted fund surpluses from prior years. Per the trustees' report, the charity's unrestricted reserves of £59,455 are below the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government30/10/2020£40kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2019£6kReach Out to Volunteer
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/09/2013£65k"Blackpool's Treasure Trove"
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2008£10kStanley Park

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATION1£244k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£89k
THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION1£43k
CEO SLEEPOUT1£33k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
VOLUNTEER CENTRE BLACKPOOL WYRE AND FYLDE£626k0belowno doubt
BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES FY2025£941k£60,001 - £70,0001unclearno doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WALCOT, BATH FY2023£260k0unclear0.0%no doubt
YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN SPORT FY2025£133k0unclearno doubt
PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£221k0above278156.0%no doubt
WELLINGBOROUGH UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025£235k0unclearno doubt

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