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Charity and VCS support Charities That specialise in Volunteering

Discover 699 Charity and VCS support charities that specialise in volunteering. Use the search below to filter within these results.

699
Charities
£1,937,796,555
Total Income
£315,602
Avg Income
82.8%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Harrogate Hospital Radio Society

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Health, Leisure

The purpose of the Society is the creation and broadcast of radio programmes for the benefit and entertainment of the Trust's patients, their families and friends, staff and volunteers together with the wider community supported by the Trust.

Latest Income: £9,415
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Fleet Pond Society

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Environment, Facilities

Activities associated with the management of Fleet Pond nature reserve and SSSI. Active volunteer management, quarterly newsletter, guide leaflets, talks and guided walks aimed at improving awareness and protection of the nature reserves wildlife. Educational visits for local community groups and for schools and youth groups. Corporate team building management tasks for local companies.

Latest Income: £9,387
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Kingston Museum And Heritage

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Heritage

PROVIDES VOLUNTEER AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES

Latest Income: £9,247
Areas of Operation: Kingston Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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Hms Sultan Volunteer Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support

To provide a safe environment and opportunities for young people between 9-18 years old. To develop into responsible, dependable and useful members of society, employing the traditions and practices of the Naval Service as the basis for their activities.

Latest Income: £9,111
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Oxfordshire Rifle Association

Armed forces, Charity and VCS support

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE SKILL IN RIFLE AND PISTOL SHOOTING SO THAT CITIZENS ARE BETTER FITTED TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES, TERRITORIAL AND ARMY VOLUNTEER RESERVES OR ANY OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN WHICH THEIR SERVICES MAY BE REQUIRED. TO ORGANISE TEAMS TO REPRESENT OXFORDSHIRE IN NATIONAL AND OTHER COMPETITIONS.

Latest Income: £9,043
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Girlguiding Kilgrimol Centre

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Childcare

Kilgrimol Centre offers residential accommodation for members of Girlguiding UK. The building also hosts unit meetings, trainings and adult support for Girlguiding's volunteer leaders. There is also Community use of the building for playgroups, trainings, meetings ,etc.

Latest Income: £9,034
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Tenterden Charitable Purposes Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Leisure

Organisation of charity events (eg. golf day, entertainment events, street collection, etc) to raise money for local, national and international charities. Youth activities: Youth Speaks, Young Chef, Young Photographer, Christmas Story competitions, School Reading Partners, etc. Organisation of Tenterden Town Carol service and Town Christmas Tree. Providing volunteer support to other charities.

Latest Income: £8,930
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Wood End Community Association

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support

We have a mums & babies group. Pensioners luncheon club. A carers group. A small bingo sessions and a volunteers group.

Latest Income: £8,910
Areas of Operation: Coventry City
Status: Registered
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Palmerston Forts Society

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Heritage

The Palmerston Forts Society acts as a forum for research on the Victorian Fortifications of the Portsmouth area and the U.K. A journal is published each year. The Society arranges work parties and educational programmes of lectures, talks and visits to forts. A section of the Society is the Portsdown Artillery Volunteers who regularly perform authentic Victorian gun drills and firings.

Latest Income: £8,904
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Plymtree School

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education

This charity is made up predominately of parents, teachers and volunteers. Our main purpose/aim is to provide all the users of the school with a more enhanced, enriched environment in which to learn, develop, grow, nurture and enjoy themselves. We are currently raising funds for a purpose built outdoor learning area where the children can enjoy their education outside.

Latest Income: £8,799
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Medway Volunteer Centre

Charity and VCS support

Undertake voluntary work in Social Services and similar charitabe activities amongst those classes in need thereof within the Areas of Chatham Rochester and Strood and Adjacent Parishes within the Borough of Medway.

Latest Income: £8,768
Areas of Operation: Medway
Status: Registered
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High Wycombe Unit Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support

High Wycombe Sea Cadets is a unformed youth movement delivering an approved training program on a nautical theme based on the traditions of the Royal Navy. Our young people are aged between 10 and 18 years and the program is delivered by a team of dedicated volunteers.

Latest Income: £8,750
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Chichester Harbour And Selsey Unit Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Leisure

We are a Sea Cadet unit serving Chichester and surrounding areas and a member of the Nation wide Sea Cadet Corps. We have volunteer uniformed and civilian male and female staff who train male and female Sea Cadets aged between 10 and 18 in the traditions and skills of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and the sea, including character and leadership training, canoeing, sailing and handling motor boats.

Latest Income: £8,651
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Parents And Friends Of Heptonstall School

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Childcare, Education

We are a Charity run with volunteers in order to raise funds to benefit Heptonstall Junior & Infant School and their children. We run annual school fairs, school discos and a number of other events and seek to secure grants and other funds so that we can provide things like new library books, playground equipment and other required/requested items.

Latest Income: £8,468
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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Bangladesh Social Association

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Leisure, Social welfare

Community Care: Help residents live a full and fulfilling life. Helping them be a part of a community and not face loneliness or isolation. Primarily focusing on the elderly and vulnerable in society we aim to help with mental wellbeing and fitness. We want to actively improve the prospects of the young and give them the tools and volunteering opportunities to lead successful and rewarding lives.

Latest Income: £8,451
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Care In Crosspool

Charity and VCS support, Social care, Social welfare

Our team of local volunteers provide help and support to the local community. We offer befriending services, transport to appointments, some shopping assistance and a respite sitting service.

Latest Income: £8,421
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Berwick And District Museum And Archives

Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Heritage

The Friends of Berwick and District Museum and Archives support, and promote use by the public of Berwick Art Gallery and Museum and Berwick Record Office. This is achieved through several means. Local history and the work of the Record Office and Museum is promoted via a website and annual lectures; volunteers contribute to projects, help at events, and raise funds to support our aims.

Latest Income: £8,416
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Headcorn Seniors Lunch Club

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support

Supply tea/coffee biscuits on arrival. Speaker or entertainer, raffle, lunch/desert cooked by ladies in village. All our helpers our volunteers.

Latest Income: £8,275
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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1st Sandiway And Cuddington Boy Scout Group Committee

Associations, Charity and VCS support

The Scout Association is a vital part of many communities providing a challenging and rewarding experience especially to the young. This Scout Group is run entirely by unpaid volunteers and relies heavily on its own money raising efforts, on grants and awards and on the generosity of the local community.

Latest Income: £8,246
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Women's Institute - West Mersea

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Housing, Research, Society

Advances the education of women and girls in important local and national political and social issues, music, drama and other cultural subjects, agriculture, crafts, home economics, science, health and social welfare; promotes sustainable development; advances health and advances citizenship by promoting civic responsibility and volunteering.

Latest Income: £8,174
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Jarrow Women's Institute

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Society

The main purposes of the Women's Institute area: To advance the education of women and girls; to promote sustainable development for the public benefit; to advance health for the public benefit and, to advance citizenship for the public benefit by the promotion of civic responsibility and volunteering.

Latest Income: £8,163
Areas of Operation: South Tyneside
Status: Registered
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The League Of Friends Of Townlands Community Hospital

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Health, Social welfare

Fund raising by membership subscriptions, donations, social events and the receipt of legacies. Working through a Volunteer Committee to consider funding Bids from Hospital service providers for specialist equipment which will augment the volume of treatments available to the local community and enhance the patient experience.

Latest Income: £7,902
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Kinewell Trust

Charity and VCS support, Facilities

Volunteers meet on a monthly basis to maintain the nature reserve. This can include litter picking, pollarding, clearing swims, cutting into blackthorn bushes, grass cutting, general maintenance of woodwork, signage etc

Latest Income: £7,855
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Marwood School Association

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education

Cookie Days, Fairs, Discos, Sales, General fundraising run by volunteer parents.

Latest Income: £7,847
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of St Peter's Addingham

Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Religion

Funds for church projects are raised by volunteers providing refreshments in the church hall - usually on Sunday afternoons during the summer. Second hand books and bric/brac are also sold.

Latest Income: £7,776
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many volunteering charity and vcs support charities are there in the UK?

There are 699 registered volunteering charity and vcs support charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the volunteering charity and vcs support charities by income?

The British Red Cross Society is the largest by latest reported annual income (£287.1m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of volunteering charity and vcs support charities?

Volunteering charity and vcs support charities reported a combined annual income of £1.9bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for volunteering charity and vcs support charities?

Across all volunteering charity and vcs support charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 82.8%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of volunteering charity and vcs support charities?

Volunteering charity and vcs support charities have an average annual income of £316k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.