INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Charity Number: 275424
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Organising international voluntary projects in the UK, recruiting & preparing volunteers 18+ for projects in GB and abroad. Participating in the international programme run by Service Civil International. Recruiting volunteers for EVS placements within SCI. Recruiting volunteers for some long term placements abroad.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £232,917
Total expenditure: £19,516

People

9 Trustee(s)

100 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
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 March 1978: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • IVS (Working name)
Company number:
01354951 Open in new window
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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 owns and/or leases 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

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Gemma Taylor Trustee 15 June 2024
None on record
Paul Winter Trustee 15 June 2024
None on record
Nigel John Watt Trustee 15 June 2024
THE NST DEVELOPMENT TRUST
Received: On time
VOLUNTEER ACTION FOR PEACE
Received: On time
Kerry Hargadon Trustee 17 June 2023
None on record
Gheorghe Zugravu Trustee 17 June 2023
None on record
Mohammad Abdur Rashid Trustee 10 February 2021
None on record
Rosemary Hobday Trustee 20 June 2020
None on record
Richard Williams Trustee 24 January 2020
None on record
RICHARD TIMOTHY CHEVALIER MARC Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £142.31k £89.85k £37.34k £29.74k £232.92k
Total expenditure £167.32k £79.55k £16.50k £17.04k £19.52k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 December 2023 10 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 10 September 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 11 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 11 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 29 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 29 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 28 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 28 August 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 01 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019

(These accounts
have been qualified)

01 October 2020 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/02/1978 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/04/1978 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/04/1979 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/02/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/10/2014 as amended on 17 Jun 2023

Charitable objects

TO AFFORD OPPORTUNITIES BY WHICH MEN AND WOMEN, IN A SPIRIT OF FRIENDSHIP INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND VOLUNTARY DISCIPLINE, MAY WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR RACE, RELIGION, CREED OR POLITICS BE ENCOURAGED AND ENABLED TO GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY, OR IN GROUPS, EFFECTIVE VOLUNTARY SERVICE. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION)

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
International Voluntary Service
Thorn House
5 Rose Street
EDINBURGH
EH2 2PR
Phone:
01312432745
Email:
info@ivsgb.org
Website:

www.ivsgb.org Open in new window