BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES

Registered charity 1003123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOLTON C.V.S., BOLTON DISTRICT COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at £3,163,872, comprising £341,111 in unrestricted funds and £2,822,761 in restricted funds. The trustees report that free reserves of £246,330 are below their stated policy target of three to six months' running costs, noting there is 'further work to do to achieve the target level.'

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
The level of free reserves at the balance sheet date is as shown below. Including staff costs and other overheads across all our activities it leaves us with further work to do to achieve the target level. — page 12
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Smith & Goulding.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bolton Community and Voluntary Services (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£3.1m
Total spending
£3.7m
Cost of raising funds
£159k
Reserves (reported)
£532k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Bolton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.1m£3.7m
31/03/2024£3.5m£3.1m
31/03/2023£3.1m£3.6m
31/03/2022£3.4m£2.2m
31/03/2021£2.4m£2.3m

Common questions

Is BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES financially healthy?

The accounts state that total funds stood at £3,163,872, comprising £341,111 in unrestricted funds and £2,822,761 in restricted funds. The trustees report that free reserves of £246,330 are below their stated policy target of three to six months' running costs, noting there is 'further work to do to achieve the target level.' Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Smith & Goulding.

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