VOLUNTARY ACTION - SWINDON
Charity Number: 287732
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Voluntary Action Swindon is the local Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) in Swindon. As an infrastructure organisation, Voluntary Action Swindon offers capacity building support to voluntary and community organisations; it represents their interests and provides a voice for them in policy-making. All voluntary and community organisations in the Borough of Swindon are our target groups.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £491,197
Total expenditure: £559,624
Total income includes £10,000 from 1 government contract(s) and £228,406 from 2 government grant(s)
People
5 Trustee(s)
4 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
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:
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
- Swindon
- Wiltshire
Governance
Registration history:
- 31 October 1983: Standard registration
- 08 February 2021: Funds received from 1082809 THE FRIENDS OF SWINDON SHOPMOBILITY
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- VOLUNTARY ACTION SWINDON (Working name)
Company number:
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
- 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
5 Trustee(s)
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| Bob Barrett | Chair | 10 September 2015 |
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| George Stephen Barnes | Trustee | 24 January 2024 |
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| Mark Adrian Flay | Trustee | 17 September 2020 |
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| Steve Henderson | Trustee | 10 September 2015 |
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| David Malcolm Bell | Trustee | 10 September 2015 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £335.90k | £341.13k | £518.44k | £471.43k | £491.20k | |
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Total expenditure | £343.42k | £340.02k | £417.63k | £468.25k | £559.62k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | £15.00k | £10.00k | |
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Income from government grants | £202.88k | £198.13k | £249.82k | £216.99k | £228.41k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | N/A | N/A | £6.68k | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Other trading activities | N/A | N/A | £14.39k | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | £81.54k | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Endowments | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Investment | N/A | N/A | £469 | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Other | N/A | N/A | £415.36k | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Legacies | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | £417.63k | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Governance | N/A | N/A | £6.41k | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Other | N/A | N/A | £0 | 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 |
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| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 04 October 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 04 October 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 27 October 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 27 October 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 30 September 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 23 September 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 06 October 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 06 October 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 27 September 2020 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 27 September 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |