NORTH WEST KENT VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Charity Number: 274029
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

North West Kent Volunteer Centre promotes, recruits and trains volunteers. It provides a volunteering brokerage service for new volunteers and local voluntary and community organisations. Additionally, it manages 3 Front-line servies using teams of volunteers who assist the older person to live independent lives within their own home.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2023

Total income: £38,273
Total expenditure: £78,647

Total income includes £15,500 from 2 government grant(s)

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
  • Education/training
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Kent

Governance

Registration history:
  • 30 August 1977: Standard registration
  • 02 May 2024: Removed (Ceased to exist)
  • 02 May 2024: Funds transferred to 1050861 DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • VOLUNTEER CENTRE SWANLEY (Working name)
  • SWANLEY DISTRICT VOLUNTEER BUREAU (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023
Total gross income £136.69k £134.01k £93.21k £74.44k £38.27k
Total expenditure £167.99k £111.60k £81.71k £72.15k £78.65k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £38.25k £42.50k £70.79k £50.65k £15.50k

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 March 2024 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2023 09 February 2024 9 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 09 February 2024 9 days late
Annual return 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2021 30 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 30 January 2022 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2020 27 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 27 January 2021 On Time

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 31/05/1977 AS AMENDED ON 12/06/1991 AS AMENDED ON 11/09/1991 AS AMENDED ON 07/06/2001 AS AMENDED ON 28/02/2011 AS AMENDED ON 13/03/2013

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE BUREAU IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY WORK IN EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICES AND SIMILAR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE CLASSES IN NEED THEREOF.

Area of benefit

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

WEST KENT