| Financial year end | 
              2007-12-31 | 
              2008-12-31 | 
              2009-12-31 | 
              2010-12-31 | 
            
            
            | Income from legacies | 
              £214,701.00 | 
              £424,845.00 | 
              £231,355.00 | 
              £366,968.00 | 
            
            
            | Income from endowments | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
            
            
            | Voluntary income | 
              £1,937,770.00 | 
              £2,196,245.00 | 
              £2,197,215.00 | 
              £2,700,956.00 | 
            
            
            | Activities generating funds | 
              £1,029,071.00 | 
              £1,074,724.00 | 
              £1,138,986.00 | 
              £997,868.00 | 
            
            
            | Income from charitable activities | 
              £651,925.00 | 
              £739,274.00 | 
              £654,365.00 | 
              £568,066.00 | 
            
            
            | Investment income | 
              £330,125.00 | 
              £346,528.00 | 
              £216,986.00 | 
              £223,817.00 | 
            
            
            | Other income | 
              £18,221.00 | 
              £2,368.00 | 
              £2,906.00 | 
              £5,739.00 | 
            
            
            | Total income | 
              £3,967,112.00 | 
              £4,359,139.00 | 
              £4,210,458.00 | 
              £4,496,446.00 | 
            
            
            | Investment gains | 
              £-182,075.00 | 
              £-1,508,970.00 | 
              £9,670.00 | 
              £381,662.00 | 
            
            
            | Gains from asset revaluations | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
            
            
            | Gains on pension fund | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
            
            
            | Voluntary income costs | 
              £522,273.00 | 
              £416,859.00 | 
              £355,377.00 | 
              £361,414.00 | 
            
            
            | Fundraising trading costs | 
              £853,962.00 | 
              £886,028.00 | 
              £608,371.00 | 
              £631,497.00 | 
            
            
            | Investment management costs | 
              £1,900.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £2,350.00 | 
              £5,264.00 | 
            
            
            | Grants to institutions | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
            
            
            | Charitable activities costs | 
              £2,295,140.00 | 
              £2,696,846.00 | 
              £3,062,988.00 | 
              £3,246,398.00 | 
            
            
            | Governance costs | 
              £28,103.00 | 
              £40,532.00 | 
              £39,350.00 | 
              £42,668.00 | 
            
            
            | Other expenses | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
            
            
            | Total expenses | 
              £3,701,378.00 | 
              £4,040,265.00 | 
              £4,068,436.00 | 
              £4,287,241.00 | 
            
            
            | Support costs | 
              £498,780.00 | 
              £604,679.00 | 
              £543,678.00 | 
              £597,548.00 | 
            
            
            | Depreciation | 
              £177,324.00 | 
              £192,723.00 | 
              £196,022.00 | 
              £178,250.00 | 
            
            
            | Reserves | 
              £3,280,862.00 | 
              £822,554.00 | 
              £866,393.00 | 
              £2,616,566.00 | 
            
            
            | Fixed assets at start of year | 
              £13,249,546.00 | 
              £12,709,540.00 | 
              £11,226,396.00 | 
              £12,104,268.00 | 
            
            
            | Fixed assets at end of year | 
              £12,709,540.00 | 
              £11,226,396.00 | 
              £12,104,268.00 | 
              £12,602,116.00 | 
            
            
            | Fixed investment assets at start of year | 
              £6,284,256.00 | 
              £5,636,593.00 | 
              £4,181,319.00 | 
              £5,111,677.00 | 
            
            
            | Fixed investment assets at end of year | 
              £5,636,593.00 | 
              £4,181,319.00 | 
              £5,111,677.00 | 
              £5,508,585.00 | 
            
            
            | Current investment assets | 
              £3,126,765.00 | 
              £3,403,546.00 | 
              £3,196,732.00 | 
              £3,476,143.00 | 
            
            
            | Cash | 
              £172,503.00 | 
              £161,071.00 | 
              £213,059.00 | 
              £144,768.00 | 
            
            
            | Total current assets | 
              £3,684,863.00 | 
              £4,020,652.00 | 
              £3,849,842.00 | 
              £4,169,233.00 | 
            
            
            | Creditors within 1 year | 
              £414,264.00 | 
              £457,005.00 | 
              £433,903.00 | 
              £422,775.00 | 
            
            
            | Long term creditors or provisions | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £237,500.00 | 
            
            
            | Pension assets | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
              £0.00 | 
            
            
            | Total assets | 
              £15,980,139.00 | 
              £14,790,043.00 | 
              £15,520,207.00 | 
              £16,111,074.00 | 
            
            
            | Endowment funds | 
              £2,326,311.00 | 
              £1,998,665.00 | 
              £2,136,858.00 | 
              £2,240,165.00 | 
            
            
            | Restricted funds | 
              £8,966,955.00 | 
              £8,404,428.00 | 
              £8,631,834.00 | 
              £8,982,107.00 | 
            
            
            | Unrestricted funds | 
              £4,686,873.00 | 
              £4,386,950.00 | 
              £4,751,516.00 | 
              £4,888,802.00 | 
            
            
            | Total funds | 
              £15,980,139.00 | 
              £14,790,043.00 | 
              £15,520,207.00 | 
              £16,111,074.00 | 
            
            
            | Employees | 
              70 | 
              75 | 
              75 | 
              75 | 
            
            
            | Volunteers | 
              1600 | 
              2000 | 
               | 
              2000 | 
            
            
            | Consolidated accounts | 
              false | 
              true | 
              true | 
              true | 
            
            
            | Charity only accounts | 
               | 
               | 
               | 
               | 
            
            
            | Financial year start | 
              2007-01-01 | 
              2008-01-01 | 
              2009-01-01 | 
              2010-01-01 |