NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION

Registered charity 1001635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NACVA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE, NAVCA

Exert influence on government policy through the voice of local voluntary and community organisations.Enable Local Infrastructure Organisations to have strong governance and management and to provide inclusive services that enable voluntary and community organisations to meet the needs of the communities they represent.

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Latest income
£890k
Latest spending
£814k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £387,028, which is below the calculated mid-point of its reserves policy target of £170,000 designated funds plus closure liabilities. The trustees have developed an income strategy to address the resulting deficit in free reserves, noting that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Kerrie Fletcher received remuneration of £2,700 through an arm's length contract for quality assurance services.
Kerrie Fletcher received remuneration of £2,700 (2024: £1,450) during the year. Remuneration set out above and noted within note 21 were through an arm’s length contract to deliver quality assurance services as permitted by clause 12(5)b of The Articles of Association of the organisation.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Kerrie Fletcher received remuneration of £2,700 (2024: £1,450) during the year through an arm’s length contract to deliver quality assurance services.
Kerrie Fletcher received remuneration of £2,700 (2024: £1,450) during the year. Remuneration set out above and noted within note 21 were through an arm’s length contract to deliver quality assurance services as permitted by clause 12(5)b of The Articles of Association of the organisation.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£890k
Total spending
£814k
Cost of raising funds
£3k
Reserves (reported)
£50k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£890k£814k
31/03/2024£437k£720k
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.2m
31/03/2021£1.5m£1.4m

Common questions

Is NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £387,028, which is below the calculated mid-point of its reserves policy target of £170,000 designated funds plus closure liabilities. The trustees have developed an income strategy to address the resulting deficit in free reserves, noting that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/05/2020£300kSupport for local VCS infrastructure bodies in England
The National Lottery Community Fund15/10/2019£105kNational Association for Voluntary Community Action
UK government01/04/2019£60kHealth and Wellbeing Alliance-National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
UK government01/04/2018£34kHealth and Wellbeing Alliance - Additional Work-NAVCA
UK government01/04/2018£60kHealth and Wellbeing Alliance-National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2006£92kBuilding Effective Local Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure
The National Lottery Community Fund02/11/2005£368kBuilding local partnerships to tackle disadvantage
UK government£53kHWA T2 NAVCA
UK government£60kNAVCA

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY ACTION NORTHUMBERLAND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION£890kunclearno doubt
COMMUNITY ACTION NORTHUMBERLAND FY2024£992k0unclearno doubt
VOLUNTARY & COMMUNITY FY2025£1.2m0aboveno doubt
Wolverhampton Voluntary and Community Action FY2024£1.5m0belowno doubt
GWENT ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS FY2025£3.0munclearno doubt
NORTH TYNESIDE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FY2025£876k0unclearno doubt

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