VOLUNTEER FRIENDS

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Volunteer Centre - Nuneaton & Bedworth is a local Volunteer Development infrastructure agency supporting individual volunteers and the local volunteer involving organisations from voluntary, public, private and community sector. Core activities focus on the recruitment, placement and support of volunteers across the local community.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income includes £13,146 from 4 government grant(s)
People

6 Trustee(s)
65 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Warwickshire
Governance
- 04 July 2003: Standard registration
- NBVB (Working name)
- NUNEATON & BEDWORTH VOLUNTEER BUREAU (Previous name)
- VOLUNTEER CENTRE - NUNEATON & BEDWORTH (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity 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
- 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
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
6 Trustee(s)
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Laura Susan Smith | Trustee | 13 April 2023 |
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Mikhael Sherlon Newman | Trustee | 20 February 2023 |
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Paul Monaghan | Trustee | 20 January 2022 |
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Lynne Snow | Trustee | 26 June 2020 |
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Donna Suzanne Williamson | Trustee | 01 March 2019 |
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Richard Smith | Trustee | 10 January 2017 |
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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 | £144.44k | £164.95k | £121.34k | £150.91k | £180.37k | |
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Total expenditure | £139.36k | £101.88k | £116.97k | £124.86k | £151.41k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £7.85k | £57.63k | £12.85k | £9.90k | £13.15k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 28 January 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 28 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 29 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 29 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 29 January 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 29 January 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 29 January 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 29 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 DECEMBER 2002 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 5 JUNE 2003 AND 25 APRIL 2006. AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18 MAY 2017
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL INHABITANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROTECT HEALTH, RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND ADVANCE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE. FOR THESE PURPOSES BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE COMPANY SHALL: I. ADVISE AND GUIDE PERSONS WILLING TO VOLUNTEER. II. PROVIDE A CENTRE. III. ADVISE AND GUIDE ORGANISATIONS REGARDING ISSUES RELATING TO THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF VOLUNTEERS. IV. PUBLICISE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. V. PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITY BY RECRUITING, MOTIVATING, SUPPORTING AND ENABLING THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT TO TAKE A FULLER PART IN SOCIETY, TO TAKE GREATER CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES AND TO INCREASE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
Area of benefit
WITHIN THE BOROUGHS OF NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH
Contact information
- Address:
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DARLASTON HOUSE
4 SCHOOL ROAD
BULKINGTON
BEDWORTH
WARWICKSHIRE
CV12 9JB
- Phone:
- 02476315151
- Email:
- info@volunteerfriends.org.uk
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