THE VULCAN CENTRE

Registered charity 1176124 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose of the charity is the promotion of community participation in education, training and healthy recreation for the benefit of the inhabitants of Hull and the surrounding area. The organisation is youth led, advocating socialinclusion, personal development and individually tailored support.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£747k
Latest spending
£543k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £278,546, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of maintaining five to six months of staff wages. The charity reported a net income of £203,535 and total funds carried forward of £1,679,401, indicating stable financial resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 5 to 6 months of staff wages (held: £279k)
“The policy of the charity is to keep reserves of around 5 to 6 months of staff wages should it lose funding or contracts.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £17k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£747k
Total spending
£543k
Cost of raising funds
£7k
Reserves (reported)
£279k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£747k£543k
31/03/2024£989k£386k
31/03/2023£175k£49k
31/03/2022£0£0
31/03/2021£0£0

Common questions

Is THE VULCAN CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £278,546, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of maintaining five to six months of staff wages. The charity reported a net income of £203,535 and total funds carried forward of £1,679,401, indicating stable financial resources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE VULCAN CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE VULCAN CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSICFY2024£30k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/09/2025£321kThe Vulcan Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2025£20kThe Vulcan Community
UK government14/01/2019£7kTampon Tax Community Fund
UK government—£19kKnife Crime Community Fund 17-18

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 WARREN OF HULL LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE VULCAN CENTRE£747k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WARREN OF HULL LIMITED FY2025£1.7m—1unclear—no doubt
HUTTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
VOLUNTEER CENTRE KENSINGTON & CHELSEA FY2025£630k—0above—no doubt
HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—noted
FLEETVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£120k—0unclear—no doubt

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