DISCOVERSVS

Charity number: 256146

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Discovery SVS aims to; Challenging discrimination Enriching the lives of disadvantaged people Supporting disabled people in Swansea (and now Siavonga too!)

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024

Total income: £274,679
Total expenditure: £217,927

Total income includes £47,772 from 2 government grant(s)

People

13 Trustee(s)

547 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • City Of Swansea

Governance

Registration history:
  • 20 June 1969: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • DISCOVERY (Working name)
  • DISCOVERY - STUDENT VOLUNTEERING SWANSEA (Working name)
  • SWANSEA STUDENT COMMUNITY ACTION (Previous name)
  • SWANSEA VOLUNTEER SERVICE (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

13 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Omon Augustina Aiwekhoe Trustee 01 June 2024
None on record
Olugbenga Fayehun Trustee 01 June 2024
None on record
Malgozata Ragosko Trustee 01 June 2024
None on record
Naman Kumar Trustee 01 June 2024
None on record
Emma Thomas Trustee 09 January 2023
None on record
Mamta Behera Trustee 09 January 2023
None on record
Charlotte Cooke Trustee 09 January 2023
None on record
Dr Alison Walker Trustee 01 January 2022
None on record
Georgia Rees Trustee 01 January 2022
None on record
Natalie Jarvis Trustee 01 January 2022
None on record
Louise Rees Trustee 01 January 2022
None on record
Dr Felicity MCGEOWN Trustee 01 January 2021
None on record
Dr MIKE BUCKLE Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/07/2020 31/07/2021 31/07/2022 31/07/2023 31/07/2024
Total gross income £156.16k £173.26k £185.21k £203.54k £274.68k
Total expenditure £184.95k £172.24k £181.42k £204.30k £217.93k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £19.87k £47.77k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 July 2024 23 May 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2024 23 May 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2023 08 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2023 08 May 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2022 02 May 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2022 02 May 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2021 23 May 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2021 23 May 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2020 02 March 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2020 02 March 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 13/06/1969 AS AMENDED ON 06/12/1979 AS AMENDED ON 15/06/1993 AS AMENDED ON 16/02/1998 AS AMENDED ON 15/01/2001 AS AMENDED ON 08/06/2005 AS AMENDED ON 08/02/2007 AS AMENDED ON 17/03/2010 AS AMENDED ON 18/02/2011 as amended on 15 Dec 1999 as amended on 28 Sep 2023

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SWANSEA AND SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

CITY AND COUNTY OF SWANSEA AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Contact information

Address:
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY
SINGLETON PARK
SWANSEA
SA2 8PP
Phone:
01792295743
Email:
discovery@swansea.ac.uk
Website:

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