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Annual Report and Financial Statements 2025/26

NCVO's Annual Report and Financial Statements 2025/26 covers the year to 31 March 2026, the final year of its 2021–25 strategy. Membership stayed resilient at 17,020 organisations, 92% of them small (annual turnover under £1m), with retention at 93.9% and more than 1,100 new members. NCVO helped develop and launch the Civil Society Covenant, refreshed the Charity Governance Code, and its new Small Charity Week match-funding campaign raised more than £1.8 million for 194 organisations. 4,800 people attended its training and 45 member events drew almost 3,800 people.

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About

The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is the membership body for charities, voluntary organisations and volunteering. It supports organisations of all sizes with trusted guidance, a helpdesk, training and consultancy, and champions the sector's voice with government and in Parliament, including as secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Charities and Volunteering. Registered charity number 225922; based at Society Building, London.

Key Metrics

17,020 member organisations
92% of members are small organisations (annual turnover under £1m)
93.9% membership retention
1,100 new member organisations joined
4,800 people attended NCVO training

Key Outcomes

  • More than £1.8 million raised for 194 organisations through a new Small Charity Week match-funding campaign.
  • Helped develop and launch the Civil Society Covenant, a new framework for partnership between government and civil society.
  • Refreshed the Charity Governance Code, giving trustees an updated framework for strong, inclusive and effective governance.

Geography

England

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
Impact Snapshot
Annual social value
GBP 2.3 million of annual social value created through football participation, volunteering and community programmes.
Grassroots football improved health and wellbeing, brought people together, developed volunteers and created opportunities for thousands of local people of all ages and abilities across Faversham and the surrounding area.