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Registered charity · London

Voluntary Action Islington Limited

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £503k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
Where
Islington
Website
www.vai.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Voluntary Action Islington Limited
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£503k£559k
  • 2024£495k£493k
  • 2023£491k£438k
Earlier years
  • 2022£408k£372k
  • 2021£316k£367k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE COOPERATION IN ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Grants received

7 grants · £702,367 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £459,092 (2 grants)
  • City Bridge Trust · £238,275 (4 grants)
  • Greater London Authority · £5,000

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Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

3.1y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 8Business services 2Arts and leisure 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£503k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

9
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
291890
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/05/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 14/1/1993, 15/1/2008, 23/11/2009, 10/11/2010, AND ON CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAMED DATED 10/12/2009 & SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 06/11/2013
Companies House
Company number 01913555 · Active
Contact on the register
02078325800 · information@vai.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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