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blackburn with darwen council for voluntary service

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other charities or voluntary bodies, and the general public. Blackburn With Darwen Council For Voluntary Service is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in Blackburn and operates in Lancashire, Blackburn With Darwen, and Blackpool.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

We aim to connect people and grow communities. We do this by action - encouraging communities to take control;support - helping the most vulnerable within our community (e.g. ex-offenders, homeless, people in recovery, people with physical or mental health conditions, etc.);resource - helping groups with governance, funding, etc.volunteer - promoting and using volunteers to initiate change

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,709,651
Latest Expenditure
£1,515,374

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 88.6%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 100.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 2.7%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £0
Charitable Activities £1,559,700
Other Trading £0
Investments £48
Other Income £149,903

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,515,374
Raising Funds £0
Governance £41,030
Grants to Institutions £50,761
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£1,709,651£1,515,374£1,515,374£1,630,914£1,256,76835 / 30
2023£2,021,006£2,742,409£1,739,838£1,436,637£993,76154 / 50
2022£1,489,181£1,394,747£1,394,747£2,040,862£585,69742 / 322
2021£953,795£879,139£879,139£1,946,428£509,30930 / 300
2020£918,308£913,027£913,027£1,871,772£238,90831 / 300

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers