| Financial year end | 2007-03-31 | 2008-03-31 | 2009-03-31 | 2010-03-31 | 2011-03-31 | 2012-03-31 | 
            
            | Income from legacies | £750,482.00 | £738,599.00 | £2,793,909.00 | £401,168.00 | £1,392,816.00 | £775,318.00 | 
            
            | Income from endowments | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | 
            
            | Voluntary income | £2,858,694.00 | £3,348,679.00 | £5,112,491.00 | £2,907,663.00 | £4,338,780.00 | £3,377,860.00 | 
            
            | Activities generating funds | £1,656,149.00 | £1,923,841.00 | £1,968,412.00 | £1,889,980.00 | £1,874,930.00 | £1,852,651.00 | 
            
            | Income from charitable activities | £8,119.00 | £12,698.00 | £10,198.00 | £13,980.00 | £5,495.00 | £25,885.00 | 
            
            | Investment income | £110,654.00 | £146,124.00 | £122,713.00 | £164,386.00 | £126,453.00 | £176,839.00 | 
            
            | Other income | £14,016.00 | £2,788.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £24,801.00 | £536,067.00 | 
            
            | Total income | £4,647,632.00 | £5,434,130.00 | £7,213,814.00 | £4,976,009.00 | £6,370,459.00 | £5,969,302.00 | 
            
            | Investment gains | £98,749.00 | £-144,396.00 | £-588,853.00 | £806,956.00 | £-138,384.00 | £-7,312.00 | 
            
            | Gains from asset revaluations | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | 
            
            | Gains on pension fund | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | 
            
            | Voluntary income costs | £309,618.00 | £448,997.00 | £425,204.00 | £513,085.00 | £508,321.00 | £506,116.00 | 
            
            | Fundraising trading costs | £1,183,520.00 | £1,413,263.00 | £1,674,231.00 | £1,748,391.00 | £1,733,955.00 | £1,588,509.00 | 
            
            | Investment management costs | £7,934.00 | £6,671.00 | £4,656.00 | £7,432.00 | £20,743.00 | £24,265.00 | 
            
            | Grants to institutions | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | 
            
            | Charitable activities costs | £2,974,773.00 | £3,054,827.00 | £3,123,087.00 | £3,243,020.00 | £3,246,481.00 | £3,281,249.00 | 
            
            | Governance costs | £72,707.00 | £46,148.00 | £60,817.00 | £52,344.00 | £50,296.00 | £58,170.00 | 
            
            | Other expenses | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £4,443.00 | £770.00 | 
            
            | Total expenses | £4,548,552.00 | £4,969,906.00 | £5,287,995.00 | £5,564,272.00 | £5,564,239.00 | £5,459,079.00 | 
            
            | Support costs | £836,189.00 | £880,391.00 | £959,675.00 | £1,156,376.00 | £1,132,714.00 | £1,029,083.00 | 
            
            | Depreciation | £247,628.00 | £262,046.00 | £279,583.00 | £346,041.00 | £357,818.00 | £360,048.00 | 
            
            | Reserves | £3,100,000.00 | £4,016,000.00 | £4,713,077.00 | £5,564,272.00 | £4,727,732.00 | £5,770,802.00 | 
            
            | Fixed assets at start of year | £7,143,586.00 | £7,303,782.00 | £4,477,126.00 | £8,383,330.00 | £8,722,933.00 | £8,753,276.00 | 
            
            | Fixed assets at end of year | £7,303,782.00 | £7,758,062.00 | £8,383,330.00 | £8,722,933.00 | £8,753,276.00 | £8,286,435.00 | 
            
            | Fixed investment assets at start of year | £2,902,736.00 | £3,033,528.00 | £3,280,936.00 | £3,810,848.00 | £4,311,104.00 | £4,302,368.00 | 
            
            | Fixed investment assets at end of year | £3,303,528.00 | £3,280,936.00 | £3,810,848.00 | £4,311,104.00 | £4,302,368.00 | £4,315,513.00 | 
            
            | Current investment assets | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,735,342.00 | 
            
            | Cash | £1,034,191.00 | £812,026.00 | £735,431.00 | £621,517.00 | £2,300,497.00 | £1,202,907.00 | 
            
            | Total current assets | £1,256,981.00 | £1,090,108.00 | £1,810,989.00 | £1,693,242.00 | £2,551,423.00 | £3,524,727.00 | 
            
            | Creditors within 1 year | £311,711.00 | £291,297.00 | £309,032.00 | £312,695.00 | £381,059.00 | £346,686.00 | 
            
            | Long term creditors or provisions | £21,059.00 | £9,052.00 | £500.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | 
            
            | Pension assets | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | 
            
            | Total assets | £8,227,993.00 | £8,547,821.00 | £9,884,787.00 | £10,103,480.00 | £10,923,640.00 | £11,464,476.00 | 
            
            | Endowment funds | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | 
            
            | Restricted funds | £522,633.00 | £547,602.00 | £622,294.00 | £546,577.00 | £125,000.00 | £109,752.00 | 
            
            | Unrestricted funds | £7,705,360.00 | £8,000,219.00 | £9,262,493.00 | £9,556,903.00 | £10,798,640.00 | £11,354,724.00 | 
            
            | Total funds | £8,227,993.00 | £8,547,821.00 | £9,884,787.00 | £10,103,480.00 | £10,923,640.00 | £11,464,476.00 | 
            
            | Employees | 99 | 94 | 106 | 110 | 105 | 98 | 
            
            | Volunteers | 469 | 480 |  |  | 500 | 500 | 
            
            | Consolidated accounts | false | true | true | true | true | true | 
            
            | Charity only accounts |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
            
            | Financial year start | 2006-04-01 | 2007-04-01 | 2008-04-01 | 2009-04-01 | 2010-04-01 | 2011-04-01 |